Happenings (page 41)

If I believe (and I do) that Jesus has risen, and God is present intimately among us through the Holy Spirit, I best open both my eyes and my ears.

Perhaps today is a day on the feast of Saint Mary Magdalene when we should think about the women who gift our lives.

We need to be careful not to put limits on the breadth of God’s reach.

No matter how many times we hold hands and sing Kumbaya, Evil is not going away. Satan is alive and well and living among us.

Jesus calls on us to be more. He calls us to be people rooted in faith and integrity.

If we ask, God will fill in us what we cannot fill in ourselves. God will forgive what we can’t forgive and heal the hurt in us that we cannot release.

After we have heard the Word of God and accepted it, we need to become the sower and go out and share it.

It is simple and naïve, but I wonder what kind of conversations would happen in Washington and state capitals if we changed the first questions. If we asked, “What would Jesus do?” and “What decision will bring us closer to building the Kingdom of God among us.”

The thought of it is actually both humorous and hopeful. We are the motley crowd of God, and that is just the way He wants it.