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A treasure, not a burden
Thursday, 21 July 2011 16:00
In today’s Gospel reading, Jesus shares a few parables that are among the most powerful in the New Testament.
“The kingdom of heaven is like a treasure buried in a field,” Jesus says, “which a person finds and hides again, and out of joy goes and sells all that he has and buys that field. Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant
searching for fine pearls. When he finds a pearl of great price, he goes and sells all that he has and buys it.”
“The kingdom of heaven is like a treasure buried in a field,” Jesus says, “which a person finds and hides again, and out of joy goes and sells all that he has and buys that field. Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant
searching for fine pearls. When he finds a pearl of great price, he goes and sells all that he has and buys it.”
A new challenge
Thursday, 21 July 2011 16:00
When I began writing this column, I shared that occasionally I would do a column that was more exclusively about my personal life. I have tried to limit myself in that and, in the 28 years I have been writing this column, have probably done less than ten pieces whose main focus was my own life. When I have done so, it was almost always to share with readers a major transition in my life.
The Gospel according to Harry Potter
Thursday, 21 July 2011 16:00
I was 27 when I first taught at Yale, barely five years older than the 70-plus students who stood out in the cold to enroll in my seminar on Christian theology and Harry Potter.I'd been following Harry's adventures with interest since Christians discovered the characters used magic and began crying "Heresy!" As a committed Christian and theologian, I wanted to give my students an opportunity to assess whether these claims were true.
A kingdom of growth and transformation
Thursday, 14 July 2011 16:00
If you look at most seeds, you would never be able to guess what they will grow into. An apple seed doesn’t look like an apple or an apple tree, a rose seed doesn’t look anything like a rose or a rose bush, and the seed of a redwood tree offers no clue that it could grow into a giant spire that can outlive civilizations.
The same is true of our lives. We cannot tell from our beginnings what our lives will become. You cannot determine, based on someone’s social, economic or geographic origins, what their destiny might be.
The same is true of our lives. We cannot tell from our beginnings what our lives will become. You cannot determine, based on someone’s social, economic or geographic origins, what their destiny might be.
Remembering God’s unconditional love
Thursday, 23 June 2011 16:00
I’m not very good at remembering. I have a hard time remembering peoples’ names (even if I recognize them). I forget appointments. I even forget to pay my bills some times. Once, I forgot my child, leaving him at a store while I walked out to my car.
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