I’m working on my gratitude
You have heard how a pessimist says "My cup is half empty" and an optimist says "My cup is half full." A person of faith says "My cup runneth over." These are the most powerful four words of gratitude ever written.
“That’s bad! That’s good!”
Thanksgiving this year may be an opportunity to go deeper with your gratitude. Around the holiday table, or alone, you might reflect on what you’ve learned from the challenges of this time, and what the less-obvious blessings have been.
Lord of the flies
If we take seriously that Jesus is Lord of all creation, then Jesus is as much the Lord of the flies as Lord of you and me.
Confusing the powers
The irony of reading the eighteenth chapter of John's gospel on Christ the King Sunday strikes me. While America gears up for Black Friday, the Church hears of Good Friday.
Sticks and stones
Words once spoken or written cannot be taken back. Words leave wounds. Verbal assaults within the Christian community may wound us personally, but more devastating is the impact hateful words have on the witness of the community of faith in the world.