Jesus will be there for us in the midst of the storms, but we are to stay together in his boat rather than jump ship in a misguided “display of faith”.
Reconciliation begins with my ‘self’, and then, as I let go the fears, the guilt, the self justification, I might just possibly become an agent for peace.
The incoming Kingdom of God often challenges conventional social norms to such an extent that it is perceived as anarchic or even evil.
God is with us everywhere, whether we realise it or not, but there is still value in honouring special places of promise and revelation.
Jesus calls us to do the hard work to prepare the soil of our hearts an minds, ready to grow the fruits of faith, hope and love.
In Baptism, Christ has united us with himself in his death to sin and his resurrection to radically new life.
Christ’s desire to extend hospitality to us, to welcome us at his table, is so great that he will give even his own life to bring us into the experience of his love. This is the pattern for our call to hospitality too.
You might have been written off as a dead loss (even by yourself), but only respond to the call of Christ, and you will live!
The kingdom of God is celebrating our life together now and our shared hopes and dreams of a world where all might eat and drink, and we are called to do what we can to bring this world about.
Christ is so present we loose the ability to see him. We need to worship to recover our sight.
When Jesus sees us for who we really are, we are enabled to see ourselves for who we really are, without boxes and labels, and so be saved to become who we were created to be.
God calls us to new beginnings, and we have to let go of old certainties to embrace them.
Jesus full humanity meant that temptation was real for him, as it is for us. Temptation is not in itself bad, but indicates to us that we have a gift of choice.
The message of the cross cuts against everything that would divide us from one another, and so cuts against everything that would drive us out.
The coming Christ will accomplish his purposes, which will be the best for us but may conflict with what we want from him.
God’s merciful and all-inclusive love is steadfast, not arbitrary, and so fills us with hope in the coming Christ.
Amidst the variety of opinions about the Coming Christ, there is a real message of hope that reshapes our lives.
Growth in faith and love come as we work through tough times together for God.
Living the beatitudes is far to lightly dismissed as being “only for saints”, but Christ calls us all to live as saints.
We are bringing upon ourselves a global catastrophe, but the prophet Joel assures us that ultimately God will save his people.