Note: On Tuesdays, you can find me at Your Daily Tripod, owned by my friend TonyD. A longer version of the post below appears there. “For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Do not even the tax collectors do the same?7 And if you greet only your brothers and sisters, what more… Continue reading Stop Before the “But”
Tag: Matthew 5
Love and “Those People”
Note: On Tuesdays, you can find me at Your Daily Tripod, owned by my friend TonyD. A longer version of the post below appears there. “For if you love those who love you, what recompense will you have? Do not the tax collectors do the same? And if you greet your brothers only, what is unusual… Continue reading Love and “Those People”
The Kingdom of Heaven Before You
Note: On Tuesdays, you can find me at Your Daily Tripod, owned by my friend TonyD. A longer version of the post below appears there. Lately, I’ve been writing about the Beatitudes, how women saints lived them, and what we can learn from them. The one that has taken the most pondering to date is Matthew… Continue reading The Kingdom of Heaven Before You
God’s Just Not Fair
Note: On Fridays, you can find me at Your Daily Tripod, owned by my friend TonyD. A longer version of the post below appears there. It doesn’t sound fair, does it, the pronouncement in today’s lectionary first reading from Ezekiel 18 that someone who was good and became bad will die, despite that past goodness… while someone… Continue reading God’s Just Not Fair