Advent begins with an alarm clock. Jesus calls His followers not to fear but to awareness.  Read More

With every step, prophecy breathes: “Behold, your King comes to you, righteous and humble, riding on a donkey.” Sound familiar?   Read More

The parable that once sounded like investment advice for all of us - erupts into indictment. Then comes the decree that freezes the crowd: “Take his mina and give it to the one who has ten.”  Read More

This is not a comfortable time for anyone listening to Jesus – we don’t get uncomfortable until the end  Read More

Jesus continues the story… Now we get into the nuance of this parable nobody repeats! And here is where we often stumble. Most everyone knows the story from Matthew and assumes it is the same. Trust me! Luke is NOT telling the same story. But what do we know.  Read More

You won’t find this parable in the lectionary—and that’s a shame, because it might be one of the boldest things Jesus ever said.  Read More

We glamorize stamina and scorn weakness. But the way of Christ is upside down: power comes through dependence, flight through stillness.  Read More

When jobs vanish, when institutions bend, when even faith communities fracture, Christ remains. The same mercy that met you once will meet you tomorrow, unaged and undiminished.  Read More

In Jewish culture, worship was God’s prerogative alone. Angels could deliver prayers, not receive them. So when the writer says, “Let all God’s angels worship Him,” he is declaring, in unmistakable terms, the full deity of Jesus.  Read More

There are days when we act like we’re waiting for Jesus to become King — forgetting that He already is. What would change if we believed it — not just theologically, but practically?  Read More

Faith that listens must first unlearn distraction. The prophets heard because they went where noise died — wildernesses, hillsides, upper rooms.  Read More

And just when we want Jesus to explain what He means, He drops one of the strangest lines in the Gospels: “Where the corpse is, there the vultures will gather.”  Read More