“…whoever wishes to be great among you must be your servant, and whoever wishes to be first among you must be your slave; just as the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life a ransom for many.” (Matthew 20:207-28).. Dear Friends, Monday this week, most of […]

Jesus entered a certain village, where a woman named Martha welcomed him into her home (Luke 10:38). Dear Friends, Here, at the end of Chapter 10 in Luke’s Gospel, Jesus enters a village and approaches a home. This chapter begins with Jesus sending out seventy (or seventy-two) in pairs, with no purse, no bag, no […]

Wanting to justify himself, the Lawyer asked Jesus… (Luke 10:29) Dear Friends, From Sunday’s reading in Luke’s Gospel, I found myself pondering justification. I was not concerned with Priests, Levites, or even Samaritans (good or otherwise).  My mind did not turn to the poor man in the ditch half-dead, or of the robbers who jumped […]

Therefore my heart sings to you without ceasing; O Lord my God, I will give you thanks for ever. (Psalm 30:13) Dear Friends, We are sliding down the backside of Hump Day. Thinking about this last line in this pslam of praise from Sunday, I thought of a poem by Mary Oliver and invite you to […]