I'm religious. I'm a Christian. I follow and love Jesus. I make no apologies for this. I believe we need to recover the word, religion. Let me explain... I'm religious. I'm a Christian. I follow and love Jesus. I make no apologies for this. I believe we need to recover the word, religion. Let me explain... ...Read More

In today's Holy Week Reading (Mark 11:12-25) we read about Jesus cursing a Fig Tree and performing prophetic street theatre in the temple. What do we make of these events?It is the day after Palm Sunday. Jesus had spent the night before in Bethany with the twelve. Jesus now is hungry and sees a fig tree. Unfortunately there are no figs, only leaves....Read More

This Sunday is Palm Sunday. Palm Sunday is the Sunday before Easter where we remember Jesus’ entrance into Jerusalem before his death. We join the crowds on that day in celebrating that the king has come, but we also weep with Jesus knowing his death is coming soon. ...Read More

The month of December in our culture presents a few different narratives: One is the “Christmas Time” narrative, where December is a month to be happy, filled with parties, and giving and receiving gifts making sure everyone says, “Merry Christmas”. There’s a “Completely Stressed” narrative, where the entire month is one gigantic time to plan social events, shop every moment, host extended family...Read More

We live in interesting times. Our world is growing with increasing speed and dexterity. We can hardly keep up with technological advancements. While much can be appreciated in the realm of progress and information and technology, there is often a blind eye turned away from the suffering consequences due to our focus on politics, speed and urgency. The suffering results can be equally...Read More

     In many ways, the Church is like the disciples on the Emmaus Road (Luke 24) - walking the lonely road with its head down, plagued with soul crushing disappointment. There is a sense here in the Western part of the world (and particularly in the United States) that something has failed. What has failed is the grand project of creating a...Read More

Today is Palm Sunday, or otherwise known as Passion Sunday. It is a feast day that commemorates Jesus' triumphal entry into Jerusalem. It falls on the Sunday before Easter, marking the beginning of Holy Week - the final week of Lent. In times such as these - with terrorism, violence, weapons and war - may the followers of King Jesus - who rode...Read More