Let Jesus Clean House
This happens in professional sports all of the time. A team is on a losing streak. The owner is not happy. And so the owner brings in a new coach to clean house. In this Sunday’s gospel, Jesus enters the temple and cleans house. He is not satisfied with his home being violated. The crazy thing is that we are also a home for Jesus. We also have a temple within our hearts for the…
Ash Wednesday
It is Ash Wednesday, so we may go up to receive ashes today, and we might not know what we’ll get. You might get the classics, the X marks the spot, the perfectionist, the Harry Potter, the NFL, the Picasso, or the Twinsie, or you could get the double wide. Whatever you receive, whatever is on the exterior. The reality is that you have…
Finding God in Everything
Psalm 148, verse eight, says, “Fire and hail, snow and frost, stormy wind fulfilling his command.” I woke up this morning, and snow filled our whole compound. And I started to ponder: God is great. How did this all come about? You look up and don’t even see where it comes from, but somebody behind it has made it possible. What a mystery. This is not the first time I’ve seen snow…
Living Life Not Checking Boxes
What is driving your life? What’s the reason you do what you do? Life can sometimes become a series of boxes to check; we can tend to do things because we should or we have to, as opposed to actually living life and doing things because our hearts want to. In this episode, we are proposing that we be more present in the moment and live from the Trinity…
You Did It To Me
Matthew 25:40 says I lost it. I hope that 40 was on the next page. “And the King will answer them, ‘Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these, my brethren, you did it to me.'” If President Biden or Pope Francis comes here and wants a cup of water, everybody will run scatter-skelter, falling on each other to provide them…
Love Hopes All Things
Love hopes all things. Hope is one of those virtues that is eroding from our society. Nothing to expect. Nothing to live for. And that’s why some go drinking and wilding about, and that’s why some commit suicide. Hope gives meaning to our life. Somebody was talking to me this afternoon; he was established in business and walking…