A QUIET PLACE

[Jesus said:] “Come to me, all you who are weary and are carrying heavy burdens, and I will give you rest.”[matthew 11:28 nrsvue] We are in the home stretch of the seemingly interminable mid-term election campaign and I, for one, cannot wait for November 4 to get here! The relentless attack ads, which I addressedContinueContinue reading “A QUIET PLACE”

WHOSE IMAGE IS THIS?

[ Jesus said:] “Show me the coin used for paying the tax.” They brought him a denarius, and he asked them, “Whose image is this? And whose inscription?”“Caesar’s,” they replied. Then he said to them, “So give back to Caesar what is Caesar’s, and to God what is God’s.”[Matthew 22:19-21 Exodus 3:7-8 new international version]ContinueContinue reading “WHOSE IMAGE IS THIS?”

FINDING FAITH IN STORMY TIMES

On that day, when evening had come, he said to them, ‘Let us go across to the other side.’ And leaving the crowd behind, they took him with them in the boat, just as he was. Other boats were with him. A great gale arose, and the waves beat into the boat, so that the boat wasContinueContinue reading “FINDING FAITH IN STORMY TIMES”