Good Friday with special guest Steve Kennedy.

Jesus isn’t looking for palm-waving admirers willing to lay down a coat, he is looking for those who will lay down their privilege

The fragrance of love is even stronger than the stench of death.

Jesus doesn’t offer a life that is happy and easy and safe. He calls us from our comfortable spectator places to take up our cross and follow him.

If we don’t learn to have a healthy appreciation for how precious and sacred life before death is, how will we ever appreciate anything that comes after.

Jesus didn't endure the wilderness to spare us from it, but to show us how.

The peace message of Jesus is often misunderstood, yet central to his teaching.  That's why He will interrupt our concept of what peace really is and offer an alternative that leads to human flourishing for all involved.

If we find ourselves, in these fraught times, succumbing to a desire to hoard and take care of our own, we may find it helpful to recognize that what we have is not really our "own" but a gift from God, given so that we can share.

We choose to belong to each other—because it is together—not alone,  that we can witness what love can do and maybe catch a glimpse of just how big God is.  Community is our spiritual practice, not just a byproduct of it.