Faith calls us to persist, to seek understanding, and to remain open to God’s presence, even when the path is unclear, the answer uncertain, and the odds appear to be set against us.

IMHO the traits that make America great, when they are translated to the realm of spirituality, may tempt us to leave the words of “Amazing Grace” as a hymn to be sung, and not as a way of life.

The Good News is that though humanity hanged Jesus on Calvary’s Cross, in his unconditional love God in Jesus Christ has no problems in hanging out with us.

From “What will I get?” to “Who will I become?”

God’s covenant is offered, amazingly, not as a commitment to perfection, but to the honest, yearning, sometimes stumbling heart which hopes against all hope.

Isn’t it that sometimes health and wholeness, grace and new hope comes from the people one may overlook, or from the places one may dismiss for being non-places, or from simple gestures that are too easy to ignore?

To live by the Spirit is living following the simple Law of Christ, “Love God with all your heart, mind, and spirit, and love your neighbor as yourself.”

Jesus fully embraced His humanity.  So much so, that even His risen body still bore the marks of the Cross.

It is in the community of faith where the true golden kernel of God’s truth will be separated from the chaff of prejudice, vanity and even plain mindless religious gobbledygook.

Lydia’s story invites us to reflect on the unseen ways through which individuals – people like any one of us – can plant seeds of transformation.

In God’s story, there are no blank pages, every chapter has meaning, and every person matters.

God’s divine pursuit reveals the depth of divine love, a love that refuses to remain distant or detached, but it is always reaching out. 

The peace of which Jesus offers arises from a deep-seated assurance that God’s presence endures even in the midst of our doubts and fears.

Easter Morning invites us to dream big, to hope even larger, and look for a better deal from the hand of a loving Father.

The Good News of this Holy Week lies in its promise that even in the face of our flaws and failures, redemption is always within reach.

We are, therefore, Christ’s very own ambassadors.

Lent is a time to draw closer to God, to seek His guidance, and to trust in His steadfast love and mercy.

The Christian way of life boils down to living in a way that reflects our allegiance to God’s kingdom of love, justice, mercy, and peace.

Lent is not merely a time for giving up, but a time for giving in – even when we believe that we know better than God.

St. David: Ink Drawing by Jonathan Edwards If you allow me to paraphrase Charles Dickens, by the time of St. David, Wales was going...