The Challenge of Easter
The disbelief by the apostles should be an encouragement to us because believing in Jesus’ resurrection is not easy.
The disbelief by the apostles should be an encouragement to us because believing in Jesus’ resurrection is not easy.
At the heart of discipleship is the commitment to join in Jesus’ mission, to take up arms against evil.
God will never lock the door to shut us out. But the circumstances of our life can shut us out, and we can lose the desire to enter.
The longer that we live, the more likely it is that something we value will go missing.
God is not idle. God is active. God is working to direct our lives and our world to a blessed conclusion.
We do not have faith because we are smarter or better than other people. We are simply the people that God has chosen to receive the gift of believing.
Some miracles are constantly present. They are the ones that are easy to overlook.
It is not new to say that we need others. But it is new to say that we need every other.
Jesus tells us that life is not primarily about protecting ourselves from hurt, but risking to love in the truth.
Sometimes it is only when we receive the final gift that it becomes clear what our earlier hoping was about.
Jesus criticizes the Pharisees and us because at times we confuse lesser things with the most important things.
With all the issues Mary had to address, the last thing she needed was a journey to some Judean town in the hill country.