Saturday, February 29, 2020
John’s Gospel does a masterful job illustrating deep moments of shared knowledge between Jesus and God. Because there is such grace in knowing God, our hearts long to share our knowledge and the love of God with others. Jesus feels this deeply—he is so profoundly tied...
Friday, February 28, 2020
Our emotions and intellect can sometimes swing us around by the tail. Praying for the peace of God is a wonderful way to keep our hearts and minds quiet enough to hear God’s voice and receive the courage to move forward in love. Take a piece of paper and...
Thursday, February 27, 2020
From The Archives: September 23, 1959One of the victims of the Nazi tyranny was a Christian pastor who was jailed and deprived of all books. He lived to tell his story, and he recalls how grateful he was that he had memorized so much of the Bible and so many hymns....
Wednesday, February 26, 2020
Many of us will receive the mark of the ashes today. The ashes remind us of two vitally important facts. One: We are mortal. Two: Jesus is our savior. We live differently when we accept our mortality and shortcomings. By accepting these things about...
Tuesday, February 25, 2020
Though Jesus comes to us in community, we each make an individual response to Jesus. Ignatius of Loyola believed that after we answer the question about who Jesus is, we have three other major questions to answer. Ignatius called upon the members of his order to ask...
Monday, February 24, 2020
The beauty of Jesus’ final discourse in the Gospel of John is indisputable. Jesus encourages his disciples to abide in him and to allow him to abide in them. As he tells them about his desire to be with them always, he calls them friends. To be called a...
