Jesus isn’t easy. Oh, here he goes again, right? Sure, but it’s another one of those “we need to be reminded, constantly” kind of things. So, I’ll say it again, Jesus isn’t easy. Jesus is loving and caring, kind and forgiving, comforting and hopeful. But easy? No. To follow the...

Question: why a burning bush? I wonder if Moses thought about that on his way back down the mountain. Why would God appear to Moses as a burning bush? That’s part of the story of God calling Moses to lead the Israelites out of slavery in Egypt, to lead them...

Let’s be honest: we’re just people. Not that that’s a bad thing. Or an excuse. People are extraordinary and capable of great things, even amazing things. We’re capable of great creativity, love, compassion, grace – all the good things that remind us that we are created “in the image of...

Sometimes we hear stories about our heroes that we’d just rather not hear. It’ll be a moment in which they act in a manner that doesn’t fit the character we want them to have. A moment in which they’re decidedly not the hero we want them to be. Same might...

Can we talk about your faith for a minute? Specifically, can we talk about how much faith you have? I just want to tell you that you have enough. Yes. Enough. There’s no catch. It’s that simple, you have enough. Good for you. I think we can easily get used...

I’m not sure if now is the best time or the worst time to hear the story of Jesus feeding the multitude. In the days of the pandemic, there are limits on the number of people who can gather in one place, even outside. There are way too many people...

Recently, I suggested that it must have been frustrating to be Jesus. We were looking at the story of the commissioning of the disciples and what followed that was a remarkable example of just how well things weren’t going for Jesus. He remarks about several places he spent time in,...

For weeks now, I’ve been going on about how we’re all Jesus. And by weeks, I mean all the time. That’s how Jesus is alive, we’re Jesus. I made it a verb, even, hoping that would make it seem more realistic: Jesusing. It didn’t really take off, though, and then...

We all learn differently. I think I’m more of an experiential learner. I like to see the instructions, but, more often than not, I get more out of the doing than reading the “how to.” But, like I said, we all learn differently and it’s always better to be able...

It must have been frustrating to be Jesus, sometimes. There’s a lengthy story in Matthew that we’ve been following for a few weeks now in which Jesus commissions the disciples to go out and be Jesus for others. So, once again, just to be clear because it’s super important to...