Here we are at John 1:19-28 at the forerunner, the John the Baptist, the missing figure from the Nativity scene. The one who is preparing the world for Christ. How is he preparing? He is baptizing people. John baptizes people so much, it become a part of his identity. John the Baptizer. Are we preparing… Read More
Sunday Prayer: Cry Out!
How long, O Peace, will we hold one another hostage?How long will we demand endless penalty for every debt? “Make straight and wide a path in the wildernessso that all might travel safely in God’s presence,”said the prophet — but no, we insist, it can’t be so easy. How long, O Peace, will we restrain… Read More
Monday Prayer – Entering the Mystery
We come to you in prayer one day into the mystery. Help us to scrape away the corrosive sin in our lives, help us to put aside all that is not you, and to reconcile the whole world to your care. Let us remember how that begins where we are, with ourselves and our communities.… Read More
Sunday Prayer: Love
How is it that my Lord can love me from the depths of hell to the heights of heaven? How has it come to pass that I am the beloved of the Sovereign of angels, the Commander of the dawn? Yet there is the sun — a sign in the east — greeting me across… Read More
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