In the late 80’s my son and I went on a canoe trip in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area of N. Minnesota. The BWCA is over a million acres in …
Eat Grass Like an Ox
Hubris is never a good thing. Defined as exaggerated pride or self-confidence, it shuts a human being off from God as well as other people. Hubris is like sailing around …
Knowing What You Want
Jesus was alone in the wilderness. And when you’re alone you begin to discover what your true self is. There’s no one there to pull your arm or whisper in …
Distraction
I saw a picture recently of Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles. It was taken in the dark of night with a star-filled backdrop. The Milky Way stretched out like thick …
Follow Me
In its birth, Lent was meant to be a time of preparation for baptism which, of course, is a lofty ambition for this time of quiet and reflection. However, as …
Abracadabra
We should put a book mark at Matthew 4:3. It is the moment when Satan says to Jesus, “Your stomach is sunken and growling; you should make yourself some bread …
Despising Its Shame
Elie Wiesel (1928 – 2016) was a Romanian-born American writer, professor, political activist, Nobel laureate, and Holocaust survivor. He authored 57 books, including Night, a work based on his experiences …
When God Seemed to Be an Atheist
“Our faith must be born where it is abandoned by all tangible reality; it must be born of nothingness; it must taste this nothingness and be given it to taste …
Calvary is Judo.
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Shortly after his 40-day trial in the Wilderness, Jesus began his ministry in earnest. Matthew says that Jesus went throughout Galilee “proclaiming good news, curing every disease and sickness, paralysis, …