Dear Friends, Today’s Gospel lesson contains some of Jesus’ most difficult words. What in the world can Jesus mean by this metaphor of the gate? Does he…
Chasmby Steve Garnaas-Holmes …at his gate lay a poor man named Lazarus…—Luke 16.20 It’s only a gatebut enough to hide,to divide.If he lets it(how easilyhe might…
Dear Friends in Christ, In every age there are those individuals who shine with the wondrous love and grace of God. Today we celebrate Sergius, Abbot of…
“But if anyone strikes you on the right cheek, turn the other also.” Dear Friends, In today’s Gospel lesson, Jesus speaks some particularly difficult words about responding…
Alleluia.Christ our Passover is sacrificed for us; *therefore let us keep the feast,Not with old leaven,neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness, *but with the…