1. My fear of this coming darkness only lasts a moment.
  2. We don't make Church "happen." Only Christ can do so. It's his happening.
  3. Reading includes, on some level, striving. Hearing, on the other hand, remains passive.
  4. Zephaniah has given us something more visceral to help us understand the love of God: the sound of salvation.
  5. Even as he was dying, the heart of God poured itself out for the sake of sinners.
  6. I think the problem with the idea of eternity is that we do not have any direct experience of it, but we encounter enough of its possibility to be unsettling.
  7. Morons though we all have been, there is nothing we need that Christ hasn’t given us.
  8. The usual acclamation when one becomes King is: “Long live the King!” But this King of kings, this son of David, has come to die.
  9. For almost three years, I have produced a weekly video in the series “Reading the Gospels through Hebrew Eyes.” Here is an index of all the Gospel readings covered so far, with links to their YouTube videos.
  10. It makes perfect sense that the day honoring Jesus' birth would be observed in a decidedly less than refined manner.
  11. If Jesus shows up and you are a sinner, ‘tis more blessed to receive than to give
  12. Help comes for those who cannot help themselves. When we bottom-out and come to the end of ourselves, that is where hope springs.