I wonder if I really understand the challenge Jesus gives when he tells me the most important commandment is to love God and love neighbor. I often convince myself the call to love is too simple, too shallow, too easy. I make up other goals, other things I believe matter more. And I aim for […]

“If we believe in Jesus, it is not what we gain, but what He pours through us that counts. It is not that God makes us beautifully rounded grapes, but that He squeezes the sweetness out of us. Spiritually, we cannot measure our life by success, but only by what God pours through us, and […]

As I listen to conversations between Christians, and as I pay attention to some of the arguments amongst Christian groups of various kinds played out for the world to see on social media (um, is this wise?) I have found myself wondering … Do we believe more in our own beliefs than we do in […]

I remember sitting in a class listening to people answer the question, “What is God’s mission in the world?” To be honest, I was really disappointed by the answers. They were almost all kind of individualistic in nature. Many of them were violent and kind of “end-times” oriented … the idea that all God cared […]

I went out to lunch with my parents yesterday, which is always a treat. My parents are almost 80 years old. My dad still works full-time as the senior partner in his law firm. My mom works for my dad most afternoons. They go out to lunch together almost every day. Occasionally, I get invited […]

"Be who God created you to be and you will set the world on fire." (Catherine of Siena - 1347-1380)