Friday, March 17The Greatest CommandmentMark 12:28-34 Easier It is easier to love the neighborwho lives on the other side of the earth,someone imagined who we have never touched,who will never touch us.Yes, it is safe to love a person we don’t know.And so it is with God,easier to love the God who is notrather than […]
Past (hidden) AHJTL Posts
March 16
Thursday, March 16Jesus and BeelzebulLuke 11:14-23 Called Out There is a power in naming, and connectionin knowing the name of another.So it follows that those unclean spiritswere connected with Jesus,and that challenging them in truth and love,he empowered them to become free –free of attachment, co-dependence, fear and hate.Free of self-loathing, hiding and shame.Free to […]
March 15
Wednesday, March 15Teaching about the LawMatthew 5:17-19 For an Older Audience Forty-five years later and I’m still hopingto be one of the Do-Bees (Do-Be).You know, from Romper Room.To be affirmed, to be accepted,to feel loved and interconnected with others.Yes, that’s still what I long for.I still desire to follow the rules, but nowthe rules are […]
March 14
Tuesday, March 14The Parable of the Unforgiving ServantMatthew 18:21-35 The Fourth Commandment Of the lesser commandments,(the ten)the fourth can be the most challenging,and can seem out of place with the rest.It’s often easier to honor someone else’s parents,so that precisely must be the point –to live better by loving better those harder to love,to respect […]
March 13
Monday, March 13The Rejection at NazarethLuke 4:24-30 Last Act It was her last act of service,to offer herself as a mirror,to illuminate the dark corners and crevices,to dispel the delusion of complete acceptance,unity and communal love,to birth the opportunity, the invitation to go deeper,to see what we would rather not,to love beyond our comfort zone,to […]