"When Jesus heard this he was amazed at him, and turning to the crows following him, he said, &
How big is the house of faith and who lives there? Is it the group that can only be entered via creedal assent or baptism or by dint of...
Why have we fasted?
"'Why have we fasted,' they say, 'and you have not seen it'"(Isaiah 58:3). These are the words of the community that bears God's name....
"Get up, go away! For this is not your resting place because it is defiled, it is ruined beyond
'Don't make a mess in your own back yard.' Most of us know someone who, not having followed that piece of folk-wisdom, has made their...
"They make many promises, take false oaths and make agreements. Therefore lawsuits spring up li
Weed in a field are a nuisance. They threaten crops being grown for food. Poisonous weeds are an even worse problem. Lack of integrity in...
" To give his people the knowledge of salvation through the forgiveness of their sins" (Lu
From childhood, through school, and on into the work place, the message is drummed into our heads: 'behave yourself,’ ‘get your act...
"Give and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running ov
Ultimately, God will not refuse us what we desire above all else. If we cannot bear to live in a world ruled by a love so radical as to...
"Lord, by such things men live, and my spirit finds life in them too . . . . Surely it was for
God sent the prophet Isaiah to tell him that his illness would end in death and to put his house in order. Hezekiah prayed hard and the...
"But love your enemies, do good to them, and lend to them without expecting to get anything bac
No parent can expect to sow goodness in a child's life if she is kind only if the offspring is careful not to be a disappointment or an...
"I will give them a heart to know me that I am the Lord . . ."(Jeremiah 24:7).
When I was dating the woman, who is now my wife, I would have liked to have had in my possession, some more than ordinary powers of...
"Who is a God like you who pardons sin and forgives the transgression of the remnant of his inh
God gets angry, but he doesn't lose his temper. Anger in him is an indignant and just reaction without which evil would overwhelm the...
