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Living water isn’t just a metaphor
On the cross, Jesus needed actual water. No one gave him any.
Living water isn’t just a metaphor
On the cross, Jesus needed actual water. No one gave him any.
Living water isn’t just a metaphor
On the cross, Jesus needed actual water. No one gave him any.
The relics in Jerusalem didn’t move me. Why?
For some reason, I couldn’t find the holy in the holy rocks everyone else was venerating.
by Amy Frykholm
January 20, Epiphany 2C (1 Corinthians 12:1-11; John 2:1-11)
Miracles can be hard work.
How Arvo Pärt speaks prayer into a secular world
The composer sees his music as an interplay between suffering and consolation, loss and hope.
How Arvo Pärt speaks prayer into a secular world
The composer sees his music as an interplay between suffering and consolation, loss and hope.
Jesus acts in response to real human suffering and actual human tears.
by Tito Madrazo
Jesus acts in response to real human suffering and actual human tears.
by Tito Madrazo
November 25, Reign of Christ B (John 18:33-37; Revelation 1:4b-8)
The cross is both foundation and anti-foundation, a disturber of worlds.
by Brad Roth
November 1, All Saints B (John 11:32-44)
What does it mean that Jesus weeps, when he knows Lazarus will be raised from the dead?
by Tito Madrazo
November 1, All Saints B (John 11:32-44)
What does it mean that Jesus weeps, when he knows Lazarus will be raised from the dead?
by Tito Madrazo
The Last Supper, by Domenico Ghirlandaio
Curiosity is holy
Children are good at asking questions that build relationship.
The disciples remember every miracle that Jesus did, every truth that he proclaimed.
Silence in the face of mystery
God is the encounter we can't control.
Silence in the face of mystery
God is the encounter we can't control.
The church doesn’t always value people as God does. Not even Mary.
August 26, Ordinary 21B (Ephesians 6:10-20; John 6:56-69)
Before judging individuals for their sin, we should try to understand the forces of evil influencing them.
August 19, Ordinary 20B (John 6:51-58)
Communion is not the only time we seek Jesus like a hungry baby.