A Life Worth Living, According to Jesus: Reflections on the Beatitudes (Matthew 5:1-12)
To be blessed is to be given a gift, and in the Beatitudes, Jesus directs our attention to some rather odd blessings, all of which, he...
A Step Too Far
In Matthew's account of Judas' betrayal of Jesus in Gethsemane, Jesus says, as he was being seized, ". . . all this has taken place, that...
Meditation on a Crucifix I Saw Today
I saw a crucifix this morning, and made a point of really looking at it. As I did so, a question occurred to me, followed immediately by...
Lent as Spring Training
Lent is to the Christian life what Spring Training is to baseball. Spring training is a time for getting in shape, practicing basic...
“The Night Is Far Gone; The Day Is At Hand”
The season of Advent is like the days before a major snow storm in New England, which goes something like this. . . “A storm is coming! A...
Moses Went on a Retreats: Why Not You?
While reading the Bible, it always amazes me how I can notice something I never noticed before in a passage I've read countless times...
