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September 2017

September 06, 2017

Is Christianity a Relationship and Not a Religion?

True or false: “Christianity is a relationship, not a religion.”

July 2017

July 18, 2017

The Different States of Love – and the Best One

It's possible to exist in different states of love.

July 13, 2017

Are You Really the Disciple Jesus Loved?

You are the one who is supposed to desire to lean on Jesus’ breast.

July 12, 2017

John 13:1-17 – The New Commandment

We gathered in a circle to wash each other’s feet. Slowly, the bowl and towel...

July 03, 2017

John 12:1-11 – The Bethany Trinity

The Bethany Trinity

June 2017

June 25, 2017

The “I Can’t Believe in a God Who _________ Syndrome”

There’s the I Can’t Believe in a God Who Condemn People to Hell disease; I...

April 2017

April 19, 2017

Luke 14:1-14 – Humility

The real opposite of love is . . .

April 12, 2017

Maundy Thursday – The New Old Commandment

Slowly, the bowl and towel passed around the circle, until it was Christina Cathcart’s turn...

March 2017

March 28, 2017

Luke 10:38-42 – Mary and Martha

There were times when Lazarus wished he were dead.

March 09, 2017

Luke 6:27-38 – The Greatest Kind of Love

The greatest genus of love is . . .

February 2017

February 06, 2017

Mark 14:12-26 – Mystic Communion

I’m not a very good mystic, even though I’ve read some of the mystics, but...

January 2017

January 30, 2017

Mark 12:28-37 – the anthropology of love and commandment

what the heart loves, the will chooses, and the mind justifies

December 2016

December 24, 2016

December 30 – 1 John 2:1-17 – The Antidote for Sin

St. John offers a two-fold antidote for the sin

November 2016

November 08, 2016

Matthew 22:34-46 – Mary love, Martha love

When we need advice on important questions in life, we come to wise men. If...

October 2016

October 24, 2016

Matthew 19:1-15 – D-I-V-O-R-C-E

Do we groom ourselves for divorce?

October 05, 2016

Matthew 11:20-30 – The Yoke’s on Me

The yoke's on me.

August 2016

August 31, 2016

Thursday of Trinity 14 – Matthew 5:38-48

Matthew 5:38-48 I told you some time ago that love is the strongest thing known...

August 17, 2016

Thursday of Trinity 12 – Romans 14:13-23

Romans 14:13-23 What would your day look like if from the first thing in the...

August 16, 2016

Of Adiaphorous Things

A few of my favorite adiaphorous things are: lid up or lid down; toilet paper...

August 15, 2016

Love: The Strongest Thing in the World

But I know a substance, a thing, that is stronger by far. It has the...

August 08, 2016

Love is God’s Unbreakable Law of Gravity

This God is a strange person, unlike any human we’ve ever met.

August 04, 2016

“I do,” says the Bride, the Church

We, the Church, take thee, Jesus Christ, to my wedded Husband, to have and to...

August 01, 2016

God Loves the Unlovable

Occasionally, someone will die for a Mother Teresa. But who among us would die for...

May 2016

May 17, 2016

Why Did God Strike Ananias and Sapphira dead?

Why was God so strict with Ananias and Sapphira? Is He somehow softer now?

April 2016

April 14, 2016

Friday of 2nd Sunday after Easter – 1 Peter 5:1-7

1 Peter 5:1-7 When my oldest daughter Renee was 2, I began to write...

April 01, 2016

Jesus says: “________, do you love Me?”

To what shall I compare my love for Jesus?

March 2016

March 21, 2016

Tuesday of Holy Week – John 15:17-27

John 15:17-27 “These things I command you, that you love one another” (verse 17). “And...

March 18, 2016

Saturday in Lent 5 – John 13:1-17

John 13:1-17 This meditation is really a Maundy Thursday meditation, but here it is on...

March 13, 2016

Monday in Lent 5 – John 12:1-11

John 12:1-11 I love the family from Bethany! It was obvious how much the Lord...

February 2016

February 12, 2016

Saturday of Quinquagesima – John 8:45-59

John 8:45-59 Jesus Christ is the most amazing mystery in the world! As we were...