We can be joined by our suffering, not just separated.
Living by the Word
Reflections on the lectionary readings by pastors, preachers, and biblical scholars
Bahir Dar, Ethiopia. Some rights reserved by Abdallah A. Mansour.
We have forgotten how to dream the land.
The sower just seems to hope that the seeds will find the right kind of soil, while doing little to ensure that is the case.
I would have been embarrassed, downright ashamed to be associated with gluttons, drunkards, and sinners.
Matthew 25 is not the only way that Christ appears in our world.
We have value because we are creatures, like sparrows.
Exodus 19:2–8a; Psalm 100; Romans 5:1–8; Matthew 9:35–10:8
2 Corinthians 13:11–13; Genesis 1:1–2:4a; Matthew 28:16–20
John 20:19–23
John 17:1–11
