by Andy Wall | Apr 14, 2024 | Articles
“Just as you did it to one of the least of these, you did it to me.” – Jesus The parable of the sheep and the goats, from Matthew 25:31-46, has long been an arresting, challenging, and alarming story to me. In this parable, Jesus describes a judgment day scene in...
by Andy Wall | Apr 7, 2024 | Articles
“For you always have the poor with you, but you will not always have me.” – Matthew 26:11 There are some problems in our world that strike us as so monumental that we are tempted to give up before we even start. Poverty is certainly one of those challenges. According...
by Andy Wall | Mar 31, 2024 | Articles
Risen Indeed! “Discerning signs has to do with comprehending the remarkable in common happenings, to see portents of death where others find progress or success, but simultaneously, to behold tokens of the reality of the resurrection or hope where others are consigned...
by conejochurch | Mar 24, 2024 | Articles
[Editor’s note: Today’s reflection, by author and professor Kate Bowler, offers a blessing for Palm Sunday, reflecting on what that might mean for us today. She has written two New York Times bestselling memoirs, “Everything Happens for a Reason (and Other Lies I’ve...
by Andy Wall | Mar 17, 2024 | Articles
From times ancient to modern, greedy characters have populated our legends, stories, and films, from King Midas to Gordon Gecko (Wall Street), from Ebenezer Scrooge to Henry Potter (It’s a Wonderful Life), from the Pardoner (Canterbury Tales) to Mr. Krabs (SpongeBob...
by Andy Wall | Mar 10, 2024 | Articles
“If you desire glory, you may envy Napoleon. But Napoleon envied Caesar, Caesar envied Alexander, and Alexander, I daresay, envied Hercules, who never existed.” – Bertrand Russell From our youngest days, we are forever comparing ourselves with others. Which sibling...
by Andy Wall | Mar 3, 2024 | Articles
“Forgiveness is God’s invention for coming to terms with a world in which, despite their best intentions, people are unfair to each other and hurt each other deeply.” – Lewis Smedes In case you hadn’t noticed, the world is full of people in conflict. Our human lives...
by Andy Wall | Feb 25, 2024 | Articles
“Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.” Romans 12:21 One of the benefits of the season of Lent, as we prepare to honor Jesus’ crucifixion on Good Friday and celebrate his resurrection on Easter, is that we can give more attention to weeding out...
by Andy Wall | Feb 18, 2024 | Articles
“To flee vice is the beginning of virtue.” – Horace As we begin this year’s 40-Day Spiritual Adventure (also known as Lent), I want to reflect with you how it is that we grow in virtue. Unlike our genes, which we inherit from our parents, virtues and vices are moral...
by Andy Wall | Feb 11, 2024 | Articles
All people seem to have an internal setting that governs how risk-averse and how risk-tolerant they are. Some seem to be born for danger and peril, and their exploits can be seen on a continuous video loop at any Islands restaurant. Others are naturally cautious, slow...
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