For the Christian, life is about healthy and powerful balance between loving God, self, and neighbor. It is hard to separate these three “loves” into separate things since they are all entwined. This week's episode explores how each part of…
Love is often described only in terms of a feeling or a virtue. For the followers of Jesus, love is an essential truth of God's character and a mandatory call. Love is from God, embodied in Jesus, and expressed through…
Today's episode highlights the beautiful cycle of gratitude and generosity. In this short story from John's gospel we find Mary with a heart filled with gratitude for what Jesus has done and what he is yet to do. She offers…
We all respond to life's obstacles in different ways. Sometimes we press forward with stubbornness and other times we bend just a little to get along with everyone. Jesus offers us a different path. Here we find a Jesus intent…
Our lives are filled with temptations each day. Almost all of these temptations are ones that attempt to our ourselves at the center. How do we combat the messages of our culture that always seem to make us the most…
All of us have been trained from an early age to solve problems and create solutions. Often that leads us to bad outcomes born out of good intentions. In Luke's story of Jesus' transfiguration we see a wondrous image filled…
The Golden Rule of Jesus is, “treat people the same way you want people to treat you.” Too may times we live our lives each day as if they are some kind of transaction with other people. We judge and…
Naming the most important truth of faith is hard to do. Jesus' words in Mark 12 make clear what that truth must be for Christians. Our most important truth is love. Beyond being in love, Jesus calls us to embody…
Our longing for justice from God can be wrongly motivated. We want justice for others but sometimes. not ourselves. In this week's episode, we come face to face with the God of justice. Instead of wielding the gavel, this God…
A house does not make a home. As King David settles into his own palace in Jerusalem, he begins to wonder about building a suitable house, a temple, for God's ark. God's response to David's generous gift is curiosity. “When…