Journey to Wholeness
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
With humble “pennies for paradise,” a widow’s faith ignites the eternal treasury of heaven’s boundless grace.
… Read the restWhen Jesus looked up he saw some wealthy people putting their offerings into the treasury and he noticed a poor widow putting in two small coins.
… Read the restSome Sadducees, those who deny that there is a resurrection, came forward and put this question to him, saying, “Teacher, Moses wrote for us, ‘If someone’s brother dies leaving a wife but no child, his brother must take the wife and raise up descendants for his brother.’
In our collective journey to wholeness, may our Prayer for Jerusalem breathe life into dry bones and fulfill God’s promise of restoration.… Read the rest
What does it mean to love beyond consanguinity and place Christ above all earthly ties?
… Read the restGreat crowds were traveling with him, and he turned and addressed them, “If any one comes to me without hating his father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple.
How does Israel’s universal banquet invite everyone to God’s table of grace?
… Read the restOne of those at table with Jesus said to him, “Blessed is the one who will dine in the kingdom of God.”
How does the love of a mother hen reflect Jesus’ yearning to gather and protect his beloved people?… Read the rest
What does Jesus mean by the baptism of fire, and why does it spark division among families and nations?
… Read the restI have come to set the earth on fire, and how I wish it were already blazing!
How does the blood of Abel to Zechariah lead us back to God to accept the redemption offered by Christ?… Read the rest
Jesus’ compassionate Journey Through a Samaritan Village reveals his universal love, contrasting the fiery zeal of James and John with his mission of grace.… Read the rest