Sarah wasn’t the first member of her household to laugh at God.
Season after Pentecost | 11th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year A)
Genesis 18:1-15, (21:1-7); Psalm 116:1-2, 12-19; (Exodus 19:2-8a; Psalm 100;) Romans 5:1-8; Matthew 9:35-10:8, (9-23)
Matthew’s Beatitudes are meant to give comfort, not to challenge.
Since my son’s accident, everything I understand about hope has changed.
Reading the Bible with a sacramental sensibility
Hans Boersma sees scripture as more open to imaginative reading than our modern methods permit. The key is faith in Christ.
Wishes are about what we want. Hope is about what God wants.