November 2013

My Advent 1 posts are up over at The Hardest Question and, as they are my final installment to this lectionary blog which has been such fun for me to serve as a contributor, I tried to do right by them and go out with a bang. I try to put…

I’m thinking this morning of many of my friends who have gathered in Washington, DC for the first meeting of the Cana Initiative. This collection of great people are seeking to Connect, Advocate, Network and Act (see that? see what they did there?!) in ways that we all hope will…

Happy Moltmann Monday! I’m going to share yet another gem from The Way of Jesus Christ, this one from his section on Jesus as the messianic person: According to the Gospel of Mark, there was originally a particularly close relationship between Jesus and the people…Wherever Jesus goes in Galilee, the…

Dallas people, I hope you’re already aware of The Well, a ministry for people with mental illness based in Oak Cliff. It’s a fantastic group of people that I love, and Journey’s been proud to call them our friends for a good long while now. Well, this December 4th, you…

My posts for this week’s lectionary text are up over at The Hardest Question. There are two really good (read: challenging) passages for this week. One is from Luke 21 in the section which contains this doozy: “When you hear of wars and insurrections, do not be terrified.” I talk…