"The Deepest Hunger of the Heart"
Isn’t it true that from birth through our teen years and on into adulthood the deepest hunger of our hearts is to know that we’re beloved, that the favor of someone else rests upon us? Human beings are born hungering for love.
“Rest & Resilience: Listen”
Whenever I read of Mary and Martha, a former parishioner comes to mind. Bless her heart, June loved Jesus. But this story stuck in her craw. Got her goat. Rubbed her the wrong way. I can hear June now: "If I'd been there that day, I guarantee you I would have taken up for Martha!"
“Love Waits for Us”
I thought to myself, “What kind of sign is that?” The angels’ announcement is of the birth of a Savior who is Christ the Lord. And what is the sign that accompanies an event of such earth-shaking, world-changing, life-transforming magnitude? (Drum roll, please) … a baby in a layette in a feed trough. I ask you: is that kind of sign proportional to that kind of announcement?
The Parable of the Unjust Judge: Don’t Ever Lose Heart
Luke tells us Jesus told his disciples this parable about their need to pray always... and not to lose heart. Jesus knew what we all know: when you run up against people who have no regard for God and no respect for others, you can lose heart.
The Deepest Hunger of the Heart
"You are my beloved." Is there any belief more central to the Christian faith than the belief that God loves each and every one of us unconditionally-- that we are each beloved in God's eyes? Someone said, “If God has a refrigerator, your picture is on it.” Or, as Augustine put it, "God loves each one of us as if there was only one of us to love."