The Perfectionist
Author/lecturer John Robert Clarke has suggested the title, “Master Perfectionist,” for a certain kind of egotist. “One’s own perfectionism is like a shadow behind him,” he writes. Consequently, one may […]
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Throw Some Eggs
“Honor your father and your mother.” The importance of this Commandment is impressed upon us as little children and continues throughout our lives. Although our awareness of the command is
Give Them Life
Oh my friend, do not have children! You bring them into the world and they send you out of it. You give them life, and they give you your death
A Touch Of Madness
The people of Bethany gave Jesus a banquet, John tells us. Present was a woman of Bethany named Mary. John’s Gospel tells us that “Mary brought a pound of costly
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Like Snow Upon The Desert
Today’s Gospel Lesson is about a person whose way of life has entrapped him in a hopeless situation: a man without hope! In First Corinthians, St. Paul identifies “hope” as
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Everyone’s Out To Lunch
What is this “faith” that can uproot sycamores and transplant them into the sea? What is this “faith” that can move mountains?” There is a very moving story about a
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The Cost Of Salvation
A “New York Times” article by Lawrence Van Gelder included a scenario that went something like this: At a busy New York City intersection, in the early evening, a red,
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Are Boys Better Than Girls?
A little girl named Jenifer decided to write a letter to God. “Dear God,” she began, “are boys better than girls? I know you are one but please try to
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The Ugly Poor
“He had given so much! He had done so much! Nobody understood and, as far as we can tell, He died utterly forlorn, utterly alone, utterly humiliated.” These are the
Now And Forevermore
Karl Barth, one of the theological giants of the 20th Century was asked, late in life, to sum up all he had learned in his years of theological study and
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God Is Everything
God designed us and made us for a certain purpose, and He guaranteed that the product would work. In fact, He gave us a lifetime guarantee. God guarantees that our
The Museum Or The Zoo?
The next time you are planning an outing for children ask them which they would prefer: a trip to the museum or a trip to the zoo. They will probably
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When The Cookie Crumbles
The disciples must have been shocked when Jesus told them that the Jewish Temple would be destroyed. Begun forty or more years before and still unfinished, it was already in
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His Actions . . . Our Reactions
Life on planet earth consists of a continuing series of actions and reactions. All living things-from the birds and the bees to the Smiths and the Joneses-participate. Reactions are sometimes
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Fear Of God
The idea of “Fear of God” occurs repeatedly in the Bible. Here are a few examples: …you shall fear your God. I am the Lord (Lev.19:14) The Lord your God
For God’s Sake, Bread!
Today’s text causes us to consider one of the real mysteries in the Gospel. Here was this man, Jesus of Nazareth, who loved people; healed people; told people how much
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The Terrible Meek
This proverb is attributed to Jesus in several places in the Gospels. Quite honestly, it evokes an uncomfortable feeling in most of us. It turns us off because it presents
Putting Off/putting On
Jesus is not teaching social etiquette here. He is getting at something much deeper. The “wedding party” symbolizes the Kingdom of God into which we all are invited. The suggested
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Follow Me
At this point in Luke’s Gospel, Jesus has traveled the length and breadth of the Roman Province of Judea preaching a new style of life. He has told the common
Oh, God, Take Us Back
It has been said that nothing in the entire Biblical Message is more thoroughly resisted and rejected by modern man than its insistence on the need for repentance. All the
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