Baptism, and especially Christ’s baptism, is a response to that covenant that God made and still keeps with the people of God.
My point, is that despite all this brokenness, all the harm caused and done and felt, God takes charge, with the power and love of a parent. Even the most…
But John the Baptist tells us that peace is hard work. Achieving any kind of wholeness and harmony is difficult. It requires labor, and hard conversations. It requires burning away…
What does it mean, when we read this story [Joel 3:10] today, on the day that we think about the coming birth of Christ? What does it mean, when we…
It’s a story of memory, and of promise. It reminds us that dangerous enemies are real. It reminds us that it is dark, that it is quiet, that it is…
When the prophet Joel talks about hope and vision, and dreaming in the face of tragedy, I think that we find a great deal of fuel for the fire that…
Instead of keeping score, giving only what you owe to someone and expecting the same back, Paul exhorts the church to owe nothing but love to everyone. And this way,…