Holy Trinity – With Us to the End
Matthew 28:16-20 | Holy Trinity, Year B With Us to the End In Matthew, the disciples don’t go to the Upper Room to wait after Jesus’s death. In the Gospel of Matthew, they “went to Galilee, to the mountain to…
Pentecost – The Breath of Life
John 20:19-23 | Pentecost, Year B The Breath of Life I was struck by the phrase in this gospel “he breathed on them” (v.22). During the past year, we have all tried so very hard not to breathe on people…
The Ascension of the Lord – A Call to Learn
Mark 16:15-20 | The Ascension of the Lord, Year B A Call to Learn I’ve always thought of the phrase in this gospel, “they will speak in new languages” (v. 17) meant God would give the disciples the ability to…
6th Sunday of Easter – Eternal Joy
John 15:9-17 | 6th Sunday of Easter, Year B Eternal Joy I always want to fix things. I think if I can just fix it, I’ll be happy. The problem is that I don’t have an eternal perspective—my blinders (we…
5th Sunday of Easter – Crushed Grapes in the Dirt
John 15:1-8 | 5th Sunday of Easter, Year B Crushed Grapes in the Dirt This passage made me think of a Sicilian vineyard we visited several years ago. It wasn’t a particularly wealthy estate, but the rows of grapevines were…
The Heart Behind Global Compassion
Global Compassion unofficially started when a small seed of compassion was sown in 1996 in a life of an elderly lady in India. In the following years, few more friends joined me to help some orphans and the people in…