“Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near.” There are different words used in the original scriptures that get translated repent. Some of them emphasize more the internal anguish […]
Today on the festival of the baptism of Jesus, John the Baptist is once again at a central part of our gospel. John the Baptist has been called the last prophet of […]
Ekhart Tolle, reflecting on the nature of the evening news, says that the great problem is that one assumes—quite naturally but wrongly—that the things that happen on the news are […]
In this season where, as we just heard, our theme is expectation, today we have a gospel reading that deals with expectations—plural. John the Baptist, as he sits in prison because he […]
What’s the deal with John the Baptist? Why isn’t he John the Lutheran? Well, his title doesn’t refer to the Christian denomination Baptist who take their name from the fact […]
