Throughout Lent, we’re exploring the parables of Jesus – the two dozen or so stories that were his chief means of describing the reality of God’s rule on earth. It’s called the Great Disappointment. No, we’re not talking about the performance of Big Ten basketball teams during the first weekend of March Madness. Tens of thousands of followers of William… Read more »
Throughout Lent, we’re exploring the parables of Jesus – the two dozen or so stories that were his chief means of describing the reality of God’s rule on earth. When Carole King sang “I feel the earth move under my feet” back in 1971, she was half right. Earth’s crust is certainly moving. But it’s plugging along so slowly that… Read more »
Throughout Lent, we’re exploring the parables of Jesus – the two dozen or so stories that were his chief means of describing the reality of God’s rule on earth. Father Elias Chacour describes himself as a “Palestinian-Arab-Christian-Israeli.” At one time or another, as bishop of the Greek Catholic Church in northern Israel, he has needed to call on each of… Read more »
Throughout Lent, we’re exploring the parables of Jesus – the two dozen or so stories that were his chief means of describing the reality of God’s rule on earth. Did you hear about the guy named Bubba who called 911 because his wife was going into labor? “Please send an ambulance,” he said, “because I can’t get my truck started. … Read more »
Throughout Lent, we’re exploring the parables of Jesus – the two dozen or so stories that were his chief means of describing the reality of God’s rule on earth. Lou Johnson was one of the heroes who helped the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Minnesota Twins in the 1965 World Series. Nicknamed “Sweet” Lou because of his infectious smile and… Read more »
Throughout Lent, we’re exploring the parables of Jesus – the two dozen or so stories that were his chief means of describing the reality of God’s rule on earth. Life may be thought of as a series of big decisions and little decisions. The big ones seem to predominate: Where will you live, and what line of work will you… Read more »
Throughout Lent, we’re exploring the parables of Jesus – the two dozen or so stories that were his chief means of describing the reality of God’s rule on earth. Cambridge biology professor Richard Dawkins feels comfortably certain that God does not exist. And he’s not impressed with people who believe otherwise. “Faith is one of the world’s great evils,” Dawkins… Read more »
Throughout Lent, we’re exploring the parables of Jesus – the two dozen or so stories that were his chief means of describing the reality of God’s rule on earth. It is “a picture which those who have seen the original in St. Petersburg may be forgiven for claiming as the greatest picture ever painted.” That’s Kenneth Clark, the art historian. … Read more »
Throughout Lent, we’re exploring the parables of Jesus – the two dozen or so stories that were his chief means of describing the reality of God’s rule on earth. Jesus’ most famous story has no official name. Over the centuries it’s been called the Parable of the Prodigal Son, or the Two Brothers, or the Lost Child, or the Unforgiving… Read more »
Throughout Lent, we’re exploring the parables of Jesus – the two dozen or so stories that were his chief means of describing the reality of God’s rule on earth. In the cartoon world of The Simpsons, Bart Simpson lives next door to the church-going, Bible-toting Flanders family. One day the two Flanders boys hop out of their car following a… Read more »
