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The Gospels tell us a different story, a story of Jesus praying to God and being empowered by God. In the midst of Luke’s depiction of Jesus the Benefactor, Luke tells us that “Jesus often withdrew to lonely places and prayed.” Prayer is hard work, especially hard when you pray for long periods, which Jesus…

On our first day in Ireland we were kindly taken by Tony and Lesley Coffey down to Glendalough, an old monastery in Ireland (6th Century). Here is a picture of the small chapels — home for St Kevin.   And here is a picture of Monasterboice’s famous tallest cross, a cross with a “church” as…

John Mark Hicks, Come to the Table: Revisioning the Lord’s Supper , explores themes of the Eucharist in such a fresh manner. The Table testifies to — tells the story of — the communal ethic of the followers of Jesus. We eat together and we share our food with one another. Hicks stretches us here: he calls…

Keep, O Lord, your household the Church in your steadfast faith and love, that through your grace we may proclaim your truth with boldness, and minister your justice with compassion; for the sake of our Savior Jesus Christ, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
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