If another member of the church sins against you, go and point out the fault when the two of you are alone. If the member listens to you, you have regained that one. Matthew, ch.18
For better or worse, the church has often considered itself to be above the petty squabbling of everyday life.  We presume [...]

Woman, great is your faith! Let it be done for you as you wish. Matthew, ch.15
This week’s gospel reminds us, once again, that even our most precious boundaries have no place in the kingdom of God.
The story has an outsider — and a woman at that! — asking Jesus to help with her daughter who [...]

I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.
Matthew, ch. 16
One might reasonably look at the Church throughout history, and especially since the emergence of biblical fundamentalism in the early 20th [...]

If any want to become my followers, let them deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me. For those who want to save their life will lose it, and those who lose their life for my sake will find it.
Matthew, ch.16
Jesus makes clear, this week, the distinction between simply being “alive” and [...]

About three weeks ago, my six-year-old son, Isaac, a kindergartner, entered a project in his first elementary science fair. Our family put a lot of energy into picking out just the right project — a volcano? something with magnets? something with hot air balloons? No, no, no! They’re all wrong! Something with [...]