We often read episodes in the gospel as instances of how Jesus helps us. Often that is what they are. But always there is more going on as well. Jesus achieves a victory over the evil one and evil itself, such that the whole world can change. And does change, under the governance of God …
Category Archives: Mission
“The Rest of our Lives”
We are three weeks into “the rest of our lives.” The world calls it “retired.” I’m calling it “repurposed” and “redeployed.” I am not in denial, at least not severely. Things have changed. Quite suddenly, the volume of email has diminished, blank spaces on the calendar have multiplied, and the sense of demand and urgency …
Retaliators or Reconcilers?
We were all shocked to learn of the massacre of 49 persons in New Zealand, in two Mosques, during Friday prayers. Thirty-nine others are in the hospital, eleven in critical condition. Then, again, such massacres have become common; so common that over time they shock us less and less. In fact, we live in a …
On Convincing … the World?
The ancient people of God no less than the first Christians lived their lives in a pluralistic world. In fact, it is only recently that we have come to a place, where after generations of having it “our way” more or less, in a kind of Western, modern, Judeo-Christian ghetto (from a more global perspective), …
A PEOPLE POISED TO CHANGE THE WORLD
The 21st century world—what challenges and opportunities there are for a people of good news! I am convinced of three things I want to share with you: …