Scripture: Mark 10:35-45 There are a lot of temptations to how we think about leadership in our lives and in the world: it is a trait some are born with? A position? A skill or special knowledge we learn? When two disciples argue over being leaders in the movement around Jesus, he shows them that … Read more
Scripture: Numbers 11:4-6, 10-16, 24-29 The people of Israel continue to wander in the wilderness and in discontent, and Moses turns to God to help. The answer that comes is wisdom for all of us who are wandering: we cannot bear all the weight of disruption and disturbance on our own… it must be shared … Read more
Jesus enlists the help of a child to show us the way of God’s coming realm. Those who have been in the center of the story will be asked to go to the margins, where God has gone ahead of us. Where are we listening for the voices of our children? For the voices of … Read more
Scripture: Wisdom of Solomon 7:7-8,26-8:1 We, and many, mark the tender anniversary of the attacks of September 11, 2001 and what we may have learned from that day, and the actions and reactions that followed. The Wisdom of Solomon asks us to reflect on the ways in which wisdom often comes in relationship and in … Read more
Can Jesus learn? (Can Jesus make a mistake?) This is the question that arises when he meets a woman who has come for relief and healing for her daughter one day, crossing divisions of ethnicity, class, and gender with the hope she carries. In his own “opening”, might there be a model of growth and … Read more