As Jesus was transfigured before his disciples, the church (yesterday, today, and tomorrow) is transformed, transfigured by God’s grace, being made new in Christ Jesus.
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Go into the world, enjoying your “belovedness” so much that it causes people to stop, stare, and wonder what is happening.
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Wherever we are headed this year, in the seasons that lay ahead of us, we are held in the hands of God, and by God’s grace, it will be well.
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Pay attention to the details.
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No matter how much we try to avoid the broken and messiness of the world and our lives, the birth of Joseph’s boy tells creation that we are not separated from God.
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With three words, “Let it be,” Mary reveals to the world that the way things are is not how things will be when the will of God is followed when the Kingdom of God is fully realized.
Read MoreIgnoring this tension ignores that tension reveals even more to us about God than we imagine.
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God takes the most fragmented parts of our modern “post-Babel” lives and makes them whole.
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If you are scratching your head thinking this story sounds familiar, that is because it is.
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The witness we bear to the world is to the One who does not see our comfort in constancy as a hurdle to the wideness of God’s mercy.
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The story in Acts you've probably never heard.
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We stand today as witnesses to the awesome work of God along the Damascus Road.
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The cause of Jesus’ lament, our sin, does not hold the final word. Jesus has invited us to stop the puppet show and to step into his grace under his wing of love, protection, and transformation.
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The Gospel good news is that there are no ifs. There are no buts. No fine print.
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Though we are shaped by social, cultural, and economic pressures that tell us we must ascend, if we listen, if we set aside our own noise, we hear words of grace.
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The rumors, according to Paul, are false. Christ is risen, and so shall we.
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The resurrection of Jesus Christ, according to the New Testament, is not a myth or moral metaphor. The resurrection of Jesus Christ, according to the New Testament, is FACT.
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God did not choose the pride-filled, the historically strong, or influential at the first Advent.
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Peace by the pointy end of a sword, gun, or any instrument of violence exemplifies how well we do not understand the very thing we all want for ourselves generations to come.
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