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July 2023

July 26, 2023

Generosity, from the Inside Out

At this point in the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus gets very irksome. Until now,...

July 11, 2023

The Sermon, Hair Color, and Swearing

  Of course I don’t cuss. Well, not much. So that takes care of the...

June 2023

June 27, 2023

The Author of Purity

  “Purity” is a term reserved today for the properties of vitamins or the quality...

June 20, 2023

From Virtue Signaling to Virtue

Ludolph’s commentary* on the Sermon on the Mount moves into touchy ground when he begins...

June 09, 2023

The Sermon for the Summer: Beatitudes

  “So it is good to take a break occasionally—from preaching as from fishing—to repair...

January 2023

January 30, 2023

The Presentation: “Long for the Lord’s coming” : Lessons from Ludolph

Simeon (Lk 2.25-35) is one of my favorite saints. I love the way he emulates...

January 16, 2023

The Three Gifts and Their Meaning: a Ludolph commentary

As we celebrate the season of Epiphany--of revelation, of universality, of adoration--we follow in the...

January 11, 2023

The Sermon on the Mount for the New Year: Lessons from Ludolph

  If you want to follow Jesus into a new year in new ways with...

September 2022

September 15, 2022

Consider Jesus: Thought Discipline

As I finish up Hebrews again, I'm struck by the last few chapters and the...

August 2022

August 12, 2022

Coming to Jesus: Lessons from Ludolph

“This is a blessed, well-irrigated way of life. … To live like this is sweet...

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