God will send his Chosen One to heal all that ails us. He will do so when He chooses, yet it is not for us to stand by passively.
Jesus is at once the archetype of creation, and the vessel through whom all things came to be.
Joy filled Jesus to the point of overflowing, and spilled onto everyone who came close to him—unless they were allergic.
From his first miracle, to the washing of his disciples feet, to the ultimate miracle of Easter, Jesus was letting himself be taken under in total trust that he would be brought back up.
Jesus was more than a prophet, but he was never less than a prophet.
Maybe prophets are prophets, not because God exclusively speaks to them, but because they choose to listen to what God is, in fact, saying to everyone.
Maybe prophets are prophets, not because God exclusively speaks to them, but because they choose to listen to what God is, in fact, saying to everyone.
Intensify our longing for that which is Real, and birth in us an intolerance for anything less.
Jesus drew people like a magnet with an alarming disregard for the arbitrary boundaries that seem so sacred to the rest of us.
Jesus’ ethic of peace was not the result of a mere political orientation, but of a deep encounter with his Abba.
Jesus has already done everything that needs to be done. There are no missing ingredients. All that remains is for us, as his followers, to hasten the restoration of all things by prayer and obedience.
In the lowliness of his birth, and in the radical submission of his ministry, Jesus makes manifest the character of God.
