Oh, come, oh, come, Emmanuel, and ransom captive Israel, that mourns in lonely exile here until the Son of God appear. Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel shall come to you, O Israel. One certainty of this life is that there are things we have no choice but to wait for. We wait impatiently for our internet browser to load. We wait expectantly... READ MORE >
Those who are generous are blessed, for they share their bread with the poor. Proverbs 22: 9 One of the most beautifully written narratives in all of American literature is a scene that comes about halfway through Ole Rolvaag’s novel Giants in the EarthEarth. As the story goes, Per Hansa has left his life as a Norwegian fisherman; and even... READ MORE >
‘Then [Jesus and his disciples] arrived at the country of the Gerasenes, which is opposite Galilee. As he stepped out on land, a man of the city who had demons met him.’ Luke 8: 26-27a When I was a college sophomore back in 1978, my roommate and I decided that we were going to drive the 1,900 miles to Key... READ MORE >
Jesus said, “Truly I tell you, no prophet is accepted in the prophet’s hometown. But the truth is, there were many widows in Israel in the time of Elijah, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, and there was a severe famine over all the land; yet Elijah was sent to none of them except to... READ MORE >
[Jesus] cried with a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out!” The dead man came out, his hands and feet bound with strips of cloth, and his face wrapped in a cloth. Jesus said to them, “Unbind him, and let him go.” John 11: 43-44 It is a centuries-old tradition in many Christian denominations to lift up the first Sunday in November... READ MORE >
