Together, We Grow Peace

Together, We Grow Peace

“The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law.” – Galatians 5:22 This past Sunday we continued our Summer Ordinary Time Series, “Growing Fruit Together”....
Together, We Grow Joy

Together, We Grow Joy

“The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law.” – Galatians 5:22 This past Sunday we continued our Summer Ordinary Time Series, “Growing...
Together, We Grow Love

Together, We Grow Love

“The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law.” – Galatians 5:22 This past Sunday we began our Summer Ordinary Time Series, “Growing Fruit Together.”...
Glory emerges out of Suffering

Glory emerges out of Suffering

This Eastertide we’ve watched what has emerged from the presence of the Risen Christ. Like a mother who labors through a difficult birth for her child’s life, Jesus labored on our behalf. We have received so much from the death and resurrected presence of the Risen...

Belonging emerges out of Grief

Richard Rohr compares the flow of love within the Trinity to the rise and fall of tides on a shore — the outflow of love generates an eternal infolding. I like that. In fact, the German word for Trinity, Dreifaltigkeit, literally means “the three infoldings.” I also...
Out of Uncertainty Emerges Comfort

Out of Uncertainty Emerges Comfort

As I sit with Sunday’s passage, John 14:1–14, I notice these poignant lines that speak to the existential ache and beauty of being human: “Don’t let your hearts be troubled.” “I go and prepare a place for you.” “I will come back and take you to be with me.” “How can...