The Ordinary becomes the Extraordinary
March 24, 2024
Palm Sunday 2024 (March 24) Throughout his ministry, Jesus transforms the ordinary into the extraordinary: donkeys, jugs of water and...
7 Last Words, Episode 7: It is finished
March 22, 2024
“It is finished” (John 19:30) With this word from the cross, we finish our series on the last words of Jesus. To get at the...
The tragic Superpower of Empathy
March 17, 2024
Lent 5 (March 17, 2024) Jesus was the most empathetic human who has ever lived. But for Jesus, like for all humans, empathy exposes him to...
7 Last Words, Episode 6: My God, My God, why have you forsaken me
March 15, 2024
Jesus in the cross cries out in existential suffering: “My God, My God, Why have you forsaken me?” Does God suffer? Can...
Letting Go and Letting God: Into your hands I commend my Spirit
March 10, 2024
Lent 4 (March 10, 2024) “Into your hands, I commend my Spirit”, Jesus from the cross, praying Psalm 31:5 In life, we will hear...
7 Last Words, Episode 5: Into your hands I commend my Spirit
March 8, 2024
“Into your hands I commend my Spirit.” Jesus was a spiritual person. A spiritual guru. What does it mean for us as humans...
The Congregation of the Cross: Woman, behold your son; Behold your mother
March 3, 2024
Lent 3 (March 3, 2023) “Woman, behold your son; behold your mother.” Jesus today creates a new family – an authentic...
7 Last Words, Episode 4: Woman, behold your son; behold your mother
March 1, 2024
“Woman, behold your son; behold your mother.” America has many crises; one of them is loneliness. A reflection on why we are...
Mercy has the last word: Today, you will be with me in paradise
February 25, 2024
Lent 2 (February 25, 2024) “Today you will be with me in Paradise”; Jesus, Luke 23:43 We long for paradise, a world in which...