The wilderness can seem harsh and threatening, but God is there, ready to nourish us with the bread of heaven.
An Open Table where Love knows no borders
An Open Table where Love knows no borders
Sermons on Faithfulness (Page 6)
Living the beatitudes is far to lightly dismissed as being “only for saints”, but Christ calls us all to live as saints.
Goodness and mercy are with us now – and we have to learn to accept them.
God’s new culture of forgiveness is entered by faith, and sometimes it is even vicarious faith.
In the encounter with Jesus, our self-delusion and our scapegoating are painfully exposed, but with the possibility of forgiveness and freedom.
After the big event of Christmas, it is faithfulness in our everyday living that produces growth and godliness.
God longs to bless us in the land we have been given, but if we fail to live in faithfulness to the welcoming God, we will destroy ourselves and alienate ourselves from God’s blessing.
We are called to stop defending ourselves and fighting off the intruders in the vineyard, but rather to welcome the spirit-sent opportunities that will demand of us, but will also change us.
The power of sin over us will not be broken by trying harder, but by pursuing Christ and Christ alone.
The experience of the resurrected Christ may not be as instantly transformative as we’ve often thought, but those who seek Christ’s self-revelation will grow into his mission.
God invites us to be immersed in another possible reality, to look at the world with the dark and contrary light that comes from the cross of Jesus.
What God has promised, God will make good on, no matter what the apparent obstacles, and our job is simply to set about cooperating with the promise-maker rather than with the obstacles.
The Advent season is a gift that illumines our present with light from our promised goal, to shape us as a people of patient and vigilant faithfulness.
Our faith is about grace – that God comes to meet us in the truth of who we are. God is far less threatened by the darkness in our lives than we are!
Living as God requires may not make sense in the world, but God will make it worth our while.
Joseph is an admirable model of the willingness to put calling and values ahead of convenience or reputation.
Our liturgical expression of faith can nurture but not substitute for putting our faith into action.
Although the coming Christ is brings our deepest hopes to fulfillment, the transition will be traumatic and we still fear his coming because of our unhealthy investments in the present.
Each human being is an icon of Christ and so the respect and care with which we deal with others is an expression of our devotion to Christ.
Christians are to be known for what they do rather than what they abstain from.