In this passage from Deuteronomy, God makes clear that life and death, blessing and curse, are set before us. Our task in this world is to choose life again and again....

Today, Valentine’s Day, is the feast day of Saint Valentine. As with most early Christian saints, there is some controversy around who exactly Saint Valentine was. While we may never know...

The first Gospel begins with a genealogy of Jesus and then quickly moves on to the infancy narratives involving magi from the East coming to visit the new King of kings....

After establishing the proto-church in Corinth, Paul moves on to spread the good news to other communities. But he stays in touch. The epistles, like this one, are Paul’s correspondence to...

Psalm 119 is the longest psalm. Each of the twenty-two eight-verse stanzas corresponds to a letter of the Hebrew alphabet. The entirety of Psalm 119 sings God’s praises, particularly the joy...

This passage from the Hebrew scriptures comes toward the end of the book of Deuteronomy and is part of a section known as the Final Words of Moses. Here, the author...

Often we have ignored or distorted God’s laws for so long that we only come to know them as false surrogates for what God intended. “Love your neighbor,” “Welcome strangers,” and...

Many words characterize the sacred and purposeful significance of being a follower of Jesus; calling, vocation, disciple, pilgrim, saint, and convert are just a few. In today’s reading, Jesus tells us...

Yesterday’s emphasis on simplicity does not dismiss the value of wisdom. Wisdom resides in simplicity and in the complex. Our challenge is to understand our readiness for the different manifestations of...

The apostle Paul was so focused on succeeding in his mission to persuade listeners about the person and significance of Jesus Christ that he stripped his message and himself to essentials....