Journey to Wholeness
The shepherds went in haste and found Mary and Joseph,
with the child cradled in a manger.… Read the rest
The eternal Bridegroom and Bride form heaven’s royal temple, sealed in divine splendor.
Like a bridegroom adorned with a diadem,
Isaiah 61:10c
as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.
Biblical marriage between a bridegroom and his bride has royal, sacred, and cosmic significance. … Read the rest
The path to peace leads to final restoration (shalom)—yet it is only reached through millennia of personal, communal, and cosmic growing pains in God’s unfolding creation.… Read the rest
… Read the restWhile the crowd was pressing in on Jesus and listening to the word of God, he was standing by the Lake of Gennesaret.
… Read the restAfter this, Jesus revealed himself again to his disciples at the Sea of Tiberias. He revealed himself in this way. Together were Simon Peter, Thomas called Didymus, Nathanael from Cana in Galilee, Zebedee’s sons, and two others of his disciples.
… Read the restWhen we pray to “our” Father, we personally address the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. By doing so we do not divide the Godhead, since the Father is its “source and origin,” but rather confess that the Son is eternally begotten by him and the Holy Spirit proceeds from him.
Yerushalaim is the transliteration of Jerusalem. Click phonetics for the pronunciation of Yerushalaim.
… Read the restHe took me in spirit to a great, high mountain and showed me the holy city Jerusalem coming down out of heaven from God. It
… Read the restThen I saw a new heaven and a new earth. The former heaven and the former earth had passed away, and the sea was no more.
… Read the restJesus came into the district of Judea and across the Jordan. Again crowds gathered around him and, as was his custom, he again taught them. The
… Read the restChildren, let no one deceive you. The person who acts in righteousness is righteous, just as he is righteous. Whoever sins belongs to the devil, because the devil has sinned from the beginning.