Taking an eraser to the Bible

“He has told you, O mortal, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?” (Micah 6:8)I was writing a letter to my parishioners a couple weeks ago (for those parishioners...

The beauty of work

I’m starting a small group this week over the lunch hour in the Loop with a focus on how we integrate our faith and our work. Sometimes when people think about mixing these two things together, they imagine it means that they should try harder to invite a...

Prayer receipt

“Because of this, since the day we heard about you, we haven’t stopped praying for you and asking for you to be filled with the knowledge of God’s will, with all wisdom and spiritual understanding.” (Colossians 1:9, CEB)I doubt there’s a...

Come on, come on

“But now thus says the Lord, he who created you, O Jacob, he who formed you, O Israel: Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name, you are mine.” (Isaiah 43:1, NRSV) Unless you’re a character from “Frozen,” if you need to take mass...