Our anger, resentment, and grudges can be chains that bind us. Forgiveness breaks the chains.

Let’s take the beatitudes, not as a promise of future rescue, but as a call to present action.

Why are people so darned thick? Does God sometimes harden people’s hearts? I don’t think so, but some of our faith ancestors did.

You don’t have to be able to work miracles to do what Jesus taught us.

The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. reminded us that to follow the way of Jesus, we sometimes have to be revolutionaries.

There’s nothing as beautiful as a baptism. But there’s nothing so beautiful that humans can’t turn it into a problem.

Here’s Christianity 101: Point A of the Way of Jesus. Bang, bang, bang on the door, baby!

Praise is not about stroking God’s ego; God isn’t like a needy boss. Praise is joining in the great song of love rejoicing, which is going on all around us,

Advent isn’t entirely about comfort and joy; it’s also about preparing ourselves to “take the adventure that comes,” as C.S. Lewis put it.

The world is not about to come to an end … but sometimes, we could use a good apocalyptic kick in the pants.