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Too close to Jesus? — Intimacy, love, and discipleship
When the disciples run into Jesus, Peter acts like a fool, jumping into the water. Peter is the way into that feeling, to examine ourselves.
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The greatest gift — remembering the daily grace of God
In gathering at night for the Great Vigil of Easter, we are able to embody the remembering of Holy Week with love and gratitude.
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What we tend to do when life gets complicated
It is easy, in the midst of confusion to not know who to listen to, so we can stop listening to anybody, including the one we need to hear.
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Why Jesus tells us to love our enemies
In commanding his disciples to love everybody, Jesus is pushing us to reject the thinking we think is natural, obvious, required of us.
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The crazy idea that loving people actually works
People often concoct incredible scenarios to avoid dealing with the stuff Jesus is trying to say about loving the people around us.
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What good is love?—for Epiphany 7C
In the command to love, we are invited into a relationship that is neither weak nor stuck, but full of fidelity and life-affirming grace.
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Conviction and turning the other cheek
There is a certain depiction in US culture that the command to love is weak, but it is actually the primary building block of protest.
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The true freedom of love
The modern understanding of evangelism is off. It is selfish and embraces our individualism while Jesus invites us into common love.