In “the Lord’s Prayer,” Jesus brings all the attributes, character, roles and names of God under the covering of a perfect Father.
Perhaps Martha’s sense of self and worth were all wrapped up in properly performing her role while Mary’s sense of herself was all wrapped up in her relationship to Jesus.
Jesus rarely has “Gotcha” moments—instead, he proceeds to reveal the extravagance of divine love in ordinary human form.
The great danger of becoming “wise and learned” is of turning wisdom and learning into a form of status and prestige.
Christians are agents who represent Jesus, and whose speech represents his speech.
Christians should live as those who have already won. The future is a settled matter.
If my regard for myself is founded solely on the value accorded to me by the love of God, then I will love others on the basis of the very same value accorded to them by the love of God.
Lent reveals all the human possibilities of participating in the divine nature, whereby we may escape the corruption that is in the world and live extravagantly generous lives in the embrace of holy love.
Ash Wednesday opens the doorway to descent, the place where the truth of our mortality is met with the promise of eternity.
In the Kingdom of God we find the miraculous place where the more we are known the more we are loved.
As we give ourselves to following Jesus, he blesses us extravagantly, though he allows us to experience situations, struggles, and hardships that will push us beyond mere belief into real faith.
Every move Jesus makes unfolds yet another manifestation of what it looks like when God rules.
