Series

Love Does Not Follow the Boundaries We Set

Feb 02, 2025   ·     •   Luke 2:22-40

We are people of the way; we follow so that our selfish desires are muted, and we follow someone who calls us to be merciful, to see each other, and to be of service to each other. More

When Someone Steps Up and Yells NO

Jan 19, 2025   ·     •   MLK Jr., 2025 

Sometimes, we have to point out that we are wrong and that something in the system is terrible. Sometimes, even when we all agree that something was one thing, one way, or even one reality, someone has to step up and say NO. More

Christmas II : What We Remember and What We Forget

Jan 05, 2025   ·     •   Luke 2:41-52

If we leave it up to our brains only and not our community and our sense of something more, we seek to hold on to the past and shield ourselves from seeing our faith in a new light. More

When God Took on Our Human Frailty 

Dec 29, 2024   ·     •   John 1:1-14 

To have a body is to be vulnerable. That’s why it’s absolutely stunning that God became human.  More

What Aladdin Can Teach Us About the Incarnation 

Dec 25, 2024   ·     •   John 1:1-14 

This Christmas, find a time of stillness to marvel that God became human in the person of Jesus.  More

Christmas Eve | Something Audacious, Something Radical

Dec 24, 2024   ·     •   Luke 2:1-14

On Christmas Eve, the baby is in the manger. We proclaim something audacious, something radical…God has broken into the world and everything has changed.  More

Christ is King, and No One Else

Nov 24, 2024   ·     •   John 18:33-37

On the Feast of Christ the King, we reflect on the Roman Catholic origins and history of the holy day, as well as what it has to say to us in our own times. More

Hannah: The S/Hero of This Story

Nov 17, 2024   ·     •   1 Samuel 1:4-2:10

We have a lot to learn from Hannah, who sings a song of justice, and offers her gifts
back to God. More

Free St. Francis From His Birdbath Prison

The message of St. Francis has been softened to …the point of memorializing him in placid statues with friendly birds or wolves. In truth, he was a radical who unflinchingly followed Christ. There is much to be learned from the authentic version of Francis. More

The Eshet Chayil Doesn’t Belong in a Box

Sep 22, 2024   ·     •   Proverbs 31:10-31

The description of Eshet Chayil, the woman of valor, concludes the book of Proverbs. It is neither as simple nor gender essentialist as it may seem at first glance. Her diligence, steadfastness, commitment to those around her, and concern for the poor are the same qualities of the Holy One who cares for us and loves us. More