Checkmate
When we feel that our future is lost, we stand as a leper before the Lord.
If we are going to pray, we must speak to God what we think and how we feel. That can make things ugly.
We can find ourselves in a standoff with God about who deserves God’s love and mercy.
God may be asking us to be the agent through whom another person recognizes God’s call.
If we wish to be authentic to the life and message of Jesus, we must be non-violent people.
Every experience that God gives us has a purpose, and in time that purpose will emerge.
Christmas has been difficult, disappointing, and dangerous from the beginning.
Jesus keeps stretching us to recognize our connection to the least among us.