Feeding the 5000 – click on this link to watch I love this video (it’s the latest in The Life of Jesus Christ Bible Videos). It says to me that the Saviour can do the same with our lives: He can make miracles with the insufficient, broken, halting pieces that we bring, and make them enough. In … Continue reading Feeding the 5000
I like the imagery Paul uses in his letter to the Roman Saints as he teaches them about sin, grace, justification and salvation. He contrasts the actions of Adam and Christ and parallels them with death and life. Sin, or transgression, brought death into the world – and us. Grace through the Atonement of Jesus … Continue reading The life-giving power of the Sacrament
I really dislike same-ness. I get easily sick of things – a piece of music or a song, the same food, routine, spending time with the same people, a story that’s already been told several times. I don’t know if it’s because I remember things, especially details, or a result of my innate curiosity – … Continue reading Living water
It’s common at church to talk about activity. If a person is active, they attend meetings and activities, and fulfill responsibilities. They’re dedicated. But Christ goes beyond this: He speaks of being quickened. Quickened contains the idea of activity, motion, or an increase of speed, but at its centre is the idea of life or animation. Being quickened is a spiritual process … Continue reading Being quickened: lively or lukewarm?
I was reading this morning about some of Jesus’ miracles in Galilee – the man possessed with devils, the woman who had endured a haemorrhage for years, the daughter of Jairus, and the blind men. It seems, from the accounts, that everywhere Jesus went, there was someone who came to him for help; he hardly … Continue reading Moved with compassion
Peaceable Treasures 