Wisdom of Solomon 6:12-20 Wisdom is radiant and unfadingMatthew 25:1-13 Parable of the ten bridesmaids The wholeness we seek, the freedom from care, the nearness to God — the fulfillment of our longing: all this is there for the taking, graciously and freely given, longing for us as much as
Continue readingLeviticus 19:1-2, 15-18 Ritual and holinessMatthew 22:34-46 The greatest commandment Holiness, Torah, justice and love come together in these biblical teachings from Matthew and Leviticus. Justice and love are the way to live holiness. And justice is no more that “love writ large”. Love is also the focal point of
Continue readingExodus 20:1-4, 7-9, 12-20 Ten commandmentsMatthew 7:24-29 The one who hears these words and acts on them What does it take to be at our best? And what difference does it make in our lives; in the lives of the people with whom we share life? In the life of
Continue readingExodus 16:2-15 Bread from heavenMatthew 6:25-33 The birds of the air We live in a world that is obsessed with “security”, yet our anxiousness only makes us less secure. In the wilderness, Moses’ people learned a new way of security, based on trust instead of storage. Jesus taught his followers
Continue readingExodus 14:19-31 Crossing the seaExodus 15:1-18 Song of Moses The story of the Exodus defines life as emergence from captivity which can be understood in a myriad of ways. In what ways are we captive ourselves? With whom do we feel called to stand in solidarity in their freedom struggle?
Continue readingExodus 12:1-14 The passoverRomans 13:8-10 Love for one anotherMatthew 18:15-20 Reproving one who sins Behind the legalistic sound of the story of the passover lies a celebration of life emerging from disaster and captivity. Even though in a different form, we live in a world of disaster and captivity still
Continue reading1 Kings 19:9-18 Elijah at Mount Horeb Matthew 14:22-33 Jesus walks on the sea The life of faith is not static, achieved once for all time. We never graduate. Today, we catch a glimpse of two people, Elijah and Peter, who were pushed to take the next step on their
Continue readingIsaiah 55:10-13 Watering the earthMatthew 13:1-9, 18-23 Parable of the sower Every gardener knows how to prepare the ground for seeds and water. Our spiritual life is about being the ground — ready to receive the seeds of God’s word (Matthew) and to be watered by the showers of God’s
Continue readingZechariah 9:1-12 Promise of restorationMatthew 11:25-30 My yoke is easy Jesus says, “Take my yoke upon you…for my yoke is easy…” How can it be easy to bear a yoke? Perhaps it is all based upon acceptance — of our life circumstances, rather than wasting energy on how things should
Continue readingSo much of our story is about drawing lines of judgement and hatred between favoured ones and the rest. But throughout our tradition and in our world today, there is the thread of another story — one about the whole human family learning to find its wholeness together. As we
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