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February 2022

February 14, 2022

James Clark – Book Review of Take This Cup

Review - Take This Cup by Charles Erlandson | The North American Anglican James Clark...

February 11, 2022

Joseph Laughon – Book Review of Take This Cup

Here is a book review of Take This Cup by Joseph Laughon for the North...

November 2021

November 22, 2021

Jesus Took on All Human Suffering – Part 2

Jesus Learned Obedience by What He Suffered. Jesus Experienced Our Common Sufferings Often, we focus...

October 2021

October 27, 2021

The Gospel of Suffering

Hear, then, the Gospel of Suffering: 1. Far from being a sign of God’s non-existence,...

March 2018

March 28, 2018

Good Friday – Suffering as a Means to Union with Christ

Because Christ has become man and suffered to redeem man, suffering is a primary means...

July 2017

July 17, 2017

How to Abide in Christ

When we awake in the morning and when we go to sleep in the evening,...

July 09, 2017

John 12:20-33 – The Hour of Glory

The wonderful things are wonderful, and the lufrednow things are also wonderful because I am...

July 02, 2017

John 11:1-16 – Why are We Allowed to Suffer?

Why are We Allowed to Suffer?

April 2017

April 15, 2017

Holy Saturday – The Gospel of Suffering, Part III

The 3-fold movement of "The Gospel of Suffering" is this: That far from being a...

April 14, 2017

Good Friday – The Gospel of Suffering, Part II

There is no suffering so small that it doesn’t count. All Christian suffering counts and...

April 13, 2017

Good Friday – The Gospel of Suffering, Part I

Far from being a sign and symbol of God’s non-existence, apathy, or impotence, human suffering...

April 07, 2017

Luke 12:49-59 – The Price of Peace is the Prince of Peace

The Price of Peace is the Prince of Peace.

April 05, 2017

Luke 12:22-34 – To Fear One Thing

There is one thing you should fear.

February 2017

February 01, 2017

Mark 13:1-13 – the suffering and the sweetness

Stretched between the hope of glory on the one hand and the reality of suffering...

January 2017

January 19, 2017

Mark 9:38-50 – Hell

Hell!

December 2016

December 08, 2016

Mark 1:40-45 – Imagine that you are a leper

Imagine that you are a leper

August 2016

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 07, 2016

What Glory Can There be in a World of Suffering?

One of the certainties of life is that we will suffer. What's the other one...

June 2016

June 27, 2016

Suffering Sosthenes

How well do you notice the suffering in the lives of others?

June 22, 2016

How Do You Sing When in Prison?

How were you able to be singing hymns to God at midnight, having been falsely...

May 2016

May 20, 2016

Saturday of Pentecost Sunday (Trinity Eve) – 2 Corinthians 13:5-14

2 Corinthians 13:5-14 In St. Paul’s final words of the two letters we have of...

May 04, 2016

Ascension Day – Hebrews 4:14-5:10

Hebrews 4:14-5:10 We should all remember the vision of Jesus Christ that St. John records...

April 2016

April 12, 2016

Tuesday of 2nd Sunday after Easter – 1 Peter 4:1-6

1 Peter 4:1-6 THWACK! ! ! Do you know what that sound is? It’s the...

April 10, 2016

Monday of 2nd Sunday after Easter – 1 Peter 3:13-22

1 Peter 3:13-22 What’s the answer to the problem of suffering? Sanctify the Lord in...

March 2016

March 25, 2016

Easter Even – Romans 6:3-11

Romans 6:3-11 Our individual identity is something very precious to each of us. Unfortunately, in...

March 08, 2016

Thursday of Lent 4 – Mark 13:1-13

Mark 13:1-13 The situation that Jesus describes seems remotely close and familiar. It stretches back...

December 2015

December 30, 2015

What Does a High Priest Do?

This High Priest is the Almighty, All-Glorious God, in whose presence you ought to prostrate...

November 2015

November 20, 2015

Saturday of Trinity 24 – Philippians 4

Philippians 4 Rejoice - for the Lord is at hand! I like to think of...

October 2015

October 12, 2015

Tuesday of the 19th Sunday after Trinity – James 5:12-19

James 5:12-19 “Is anyone among you suffering?” – James 5:13 Is anyone among you, reading...

October 04, 2015

Monday of 18th Sunday after Trinity – James 1:12-21

James 1:12-21 There is an incredible riddle hidden in the English translations of James 1,...