06 Apr, 2026
The Gospel of Mark is the shortest gospel and the earliest gospel, written somewhere in the 8 th decade of the 1 st century. Mark wasn’t one of the original disciples, but he was one of the first to try and put the stories of Jesus into some...
30 Mar, 2026
Whenever I think of Palm Sunday, I think of all the kingly symbolism in the story. Jesus riding into Jerusalem, the heart of Judaism, on the foal of a donkey, mirroring the Zechariah prophecy that the new ruler of Israel will come victorious...
23 Mar, 2026
We’ve talked over and over this Lent about how the spiritual path of Jesus Life-Giver is truly a transformational path leading us to higher and higher levels of consciousness, culminating in an understanding that we are all one – one with the...
16 Mar, 2026
At the beginning of Lent I said we were going to look at Jesus as a Wisdom teacher and explore how he was a Life-Giver to the people who followed him and listened to him teach. I also said we were going back to the basics that Jesus taught...
09 Mar, 2026
Today, this third Sunday in Lent brings us to another radical teaching of Jesus. You may not think it is radical because we’ve talked about this many times. But, in Jesus’ time, for him to assert that there was no separation between God and...
02 Mar, 2026
So, for our second Sunday in Lent we have another scriptural translation to explore. For early Christians, Lent was originally a much shorter period of fasting and preparation for baptism on Easter. This eventually morphed into an entire season...
23 Feb, 2026
Recently it seems like all the books I’ve been reading, and all pastors and theologians I follow on Substack have been talking about getting back to the essence of what Jesus taught and LIVING IT. Jim Wallis, who has a long list of credentials...
16 Feb, 2026
I am truly lucky to have a great group of high school friends who have stayed close and connected for more years than I care to admit. A month or so ago, my friend Sandy messaged the rest of us upset by some things her father was saying...
02 Feb, 2026
Disclaimer : I don’t pretend to have all the answers, but I’ve pondered this one for a long time and I have some thoughts. You don’t have to agree with them, or even like them, but I offer them as food for thought. On our retreat last weekend,...
19 Jan, 2026
Just like the story of the magi, the story of Joseph being told in a dream to take Mary and Jesus and flee to Egypt to escape Herod is just that – a story . There is no historical corroboration for this story, nor did it even show up until 50...