In the midst of pain, Jesus doesn’t pull away—he draws people toward one another. A grieving mother. A bewildered friend. He sees them both and calls them into relationship: Take care of one another. You belong to each other now.  Read More

In his final hours, Jesus doesn’t preach a sermon or perform a miracle. He kneels. He takes off his outer robe. He wraps himself in a towel. He fills a basin with water. And one by one, he washes the feet of his friends.  Read More

Advent is good news because Jesus keeps arriving—here, now, in the middle of our actual lives. We steady ourselves in this reality: God with skin and bone, Eternity wrapped in humanity.St. Augustine wrote “You have made us for yourself, O Lord, and our hearts are restless until they rest in you.” That restlessness is familiar to us. And there’s something deeply comforting about a God who entered o...  Read More

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.   – John 1: 1-5The Light of all mankind slipped in through the darknes...  Read More

A prayer for your home:Holy Creator,Divine Origin,Of glories,And mysteries,Seen and unseen,Be with us this day,In our waking and seeking,In our laughing and weeping.Keep us this day,In our trusting and doubting,In our coming and going,That You may be found,Here and now,And we may be found in You.Amen....  Read More

Advent is good news because Jesus keeps arriving—here, now, in the middle of our actual lives. We steady ourselves in this reality: God with skin and bone, Eternity wrapped in humanity.St. Augustine wrote “You have made us for yourself, O Lord, and our hearts are restless until they rest in you.” That restlessness is familiar to us. And there’s something deeply comforting about a God who entered o...  Read More

A Prayer for Your Home:Holy, Holy, Holy,God of renewalAnd enduring hope,Be with us this day,In our waking and seeking,In our laughing and weeping.Keep us this day,In our trusting and doubting,In our coming and going,That You may be found,Here and now,And we may be found in You.Amen....  Read More

The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because the Lord has anointed me. He has sent me to preach good news to the poor, to proclaim release to the prisoners, and recovery of sight to the blind, to liberate the oppressed, and to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.                                                                                          – Luke 4:18-19 (Jesus quoting Isaiah 61)God’s K...  Read More

Advent is good news because Jesus keeps arriving—here, now, in the middle of our actual lives. We steady ourselves in this reality: God with skin and bone, Eternity wrapped in humanity.St. Augustine wrote “You have made us for yourself, O Lord, and our hearts are restless until they rest in you.” That restlessness is familiar to us. And there’s something deeply comforting about a God who entered o...  Read More

A prayer for your home:Abiding Love,Patient Presence,Who sees,And loves and stays,Be with us this day,In our waking and seeking,In our laughing and weeping.Keep us this day,In our trusting and doubting,In our coming and going,That You may be found,Here and now,And we may be found in You.Amen....  Read More

Advent is good news because Jesus keeps arriving—here, now, in the middle of our actual lives. We steady ourselves in this reality: God with skin and bone, Eternity wrapped in humanity.St. Augustine wrote “You have made us for yourself, O Lord, and our hearts are restless until they rest in you.” That restlessness is familiar to us. And there’s something deeply comforting about a God who entered o...  Read More

A prayer for your home:Dwelling place of generations,Everlasting to everlasting,Who spoke creation into beingAnd breathed dust into life,Be with us this day,In our waking and seeking,In our laughing and weeping.Keep us this day,In our trusting and doubting,In our coming and going,That You may be found,Here and now,And we may be found in You.Amen....  Read More