Jesus tells us today that anger toward other brothers gets us in trouble with God, as does insulting other people or threatening to stamp them out.  He reminds us of this after he recites the commandment "You shall not ...

Maybe it is because I have been working on a policy paper addressing the need for Affordable Care Act revisions to more specifically move forward with the goals of providing affordable, high-quality care to all Americans ...

|In my now long life of 70 years, I think I have come to an understanding of what Jesus means when he says, "the Kingdom of God is among you."  It is indeed in our midst.  But how can we know that?  I have learned to see ...

We have been reading several stories this summer regarding Jesus driving out demons.  In each case, the crowds are both amazed and fearful.  It takes a lot of spiritual power to drive out demons.  Jesus clearly had that ...

I love Psalm 51.  I grew up singing:|"create in me a clean heart O' God, and renew a right spirit within me. |Cast me not away from your presence, and take not your Holy Spirit from me. |Restore to me the joy of your ...

If we are honest, we can all certainly more easily relate to Saul than to David in this lesson, despite the fact that we want to be like David.  We want to be the good person, the hero, the one with the legitimate power.  ...

The last reflection I wrote for March 9 focused on allowing ourselves to be changed and renewed through a new heart and a new spirit as an act of humility and repentance.  Seems like an appropriate theme for Lent.  It is ...

Today's lessons ask us to consider that it means to be spiritually haughty.  Haughtiness in general is blatant and disdainful pride.  Spiritual haughtiness of heart is trying to be like God.  That human problem has been ...

In the second letter to Timothy we are reminded of our call to discipleship. It is helpful to read the entire short four chapter letter from Paul to gain further insight to Paul's instructions to his most loyal disciple ...

My reflection today is focused primarily on the Gospel message.  I think the labor Jesus refers to here is the labor of the spirit in the Kingdom of God, not our physical labors in this world.  The reason I think that is ...