When the rules are meant to exclude, you can be sure they are not about living in the Kingdom of God.  A reflection on Acts 11:1-18.

Tabitha is raised from the dead, not because she is enduring some suffering or needs to be healed, but because God is not finished working through her to heal the community.  Her inconvenience becomes a path to salvation for many and a witness to us.  A reflection on Acts 9:36-43.

Davis Dickert shares a message of what it means to be a witness--not only as one himself, but all those who have been a witness to him to form his faith.  A reflection on Acts 5:27-32.

It was not simply the first disciples who witnessed to the life of Jesus--we do too.  A reflection on the Acts of the Apostles 10:34-43.

The story of Mary and her courage to anoint the feet of Jesus.  A reflection on John 12:1-8.

God offends us with his lavish excesses doted upon us and we have no control over it.  A reflection on Luke 15:1-3, 11b-32.

what does your soul cling too?  A reflection on Psalm 63 and Luke 13:1-9.

A reflection on Luke 13:31-35

Jesus is tempted in the wilderness not as an example of how we resist temptation but as an opportunity for us to choose who we become.  A reflection on Like 4:1-13.

Jesus' beatitudes are not the criteria that determines one's entry into Heaven.  They are the way in which God offers us accountability in learning to live in the kingdom now.  A reflection on Luke 6:17-26.