Cracks can be made beautiful
Who is Jesus speaking to in today’s Gospel reading? The young man. The disciples. But surely he’s also speaking to us! The young man today thought he had it all, […]
Month: August 2020
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Gratitude creates Forgiveness
Some Orthodox theologians have lately been recovering an ancient tradition of Orthodox theology that goes back to the second century, with St. Irenaeus’ idea of recapitulation, ανακεφαλαίωσις, and especially to […]
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Restoration job in progress
God created human beings in God’s image and likeness. When the early Christians began to explore the meaning of Christ’s coming into the world, very early, as early as the […]
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Out in the Storm(s)
Last week’s Gospel reading told us about the most public of Jesus’ miracles. Next week’s Gospel reading will also be a very pubic miracle story. But today’s reading tells us […]
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The Good Shepherd Needs Assistants
Three former presidents spoke at the funeral of Congressman John Lewis last Thursday. All three spoke eloquently, but I enjoyed the story that President George W. Bush shared from John […]