How great a forest is set ablaze by a small fire! And the tongue is a fire. The tongue is placed among our members as a world of iniquity; it stains the whole body, sets on fire the cycle of nature, and is itself set on fire by hell. For every species of beast and [...]

as i consider the texts for sunday, march 13, the theme of death and resurrection is obvious. the valley of dry bones (how many churches fit that description?), paul’s reflections on life in the spirit and the power of the spirit to re-animate what is dead, and of course, the story of lazarus rising from [...]

I have been thinking about the readings for Palm/Passion sunday, and I came to realize that in the gospel of Matthew there are only two times real people are referred to as a “friend.” the first time is when Jesus is called a friend of publicans and sinners. The second time is when Judas is [...]