Scripture: Acts 22:30; 23:6-11 John 17:20-26 Reflection: Today’s readings seem to be starkly at odds because they exhort us to embrace what appears to be such radically different behavior. The » Continue Reading.
Scripture: Acts 20:28-38 John 17:11b-19 Reflection: This passage is one of the most touching sections in Luke’s Gospel. Jesus and his disciples are on their way to Jerusalem. They are » Continue Reading.
Scripture: Acts 20:17-27 John 17:1-11a Reflection: When my son Carl was born, his great-grandpa Ben was 96 years old. Ben’s beloved Molly, to whom he’d been married for almost 70 » Continue Reading.
Feast of St. Matthias Scripture: Acts 1:15-17, 20-26 John 15:9-17 Reflection: Today’s feast is the day when we remember St. Matthias, the faithful follower of the Lord who was chosen » Continue Reading.
Scripture: Acts 18:23-28 John 16:23b-28 Reflection: “He (Apollos) began to speak boldly in the synagogue; but when Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him aside and explained to him » Continue Reading.
Scripture: Acts 18:9-18 John 16:20-23 Reflection: Farewells are rarely joyful. At best, they are bitter-sweet. Bitter because departure pains the heart. Sweet because only through the departure, a kind of » Continue Reading.
Scripture: Acts 18:1-8 John 16:16-20 Reflection: My local paper, the Daily Herald, has been running a multi-part series of stories about people whose spouses died. (If you’d like to read » Continue Reading.
Scripture: Acts 17:15, 22-18:1 John 16:12-15 Reflection: A Restless Apostle Paul When Paul comes to Athens Luke tells us that he is restless. The Spirit is at work within him, » Continue Reading.
Scripture: Acts 16:22-34 John 16:5-11 Reflection: As I write, the song By My Side from the musical production, Godspell, is playing. In the opening lines the artist sings “where are » Continue Reading.
Scripture: Acts 16:11-15 John 15:26-16:4a Reflection: Mayor Kobayashi banned dogs from Megasaki City exiling them to the Isle of Trash. He identifies dogs as the enemy of the people because » Continue Reading.