Scripture: A Mother's Lens

This past summer while I was visiting family in Alabama, I decided to take my kids to DeSoto Caverns for a day trip. To my delight, my parents and my brother’s family joined us that day. I had toured the caverns as a child and remember being awestruck by the stunningly large chambers, mysterious tunnels, …READ MORE

Whoever wishes to be great among you will be your servant; whoever wishes to be first among you will be the slave of all. For the Son of Man did not come to be served but to serve and to give his life as a ransom for many (Mk 10: 35-45). In reading this week’s …READ MORE

Early in my marriage, my neighbor Sarah, a good Christian woman about ten years older than I, was visiting on that afternoon. She was concerned about her sister, who was in the middle of a messy divorce, had stopped going to church, had signs of abusing alcohol, would probably not get custody of her daughters, …READ MORE

Come now, you rich, weep and wail over your impending miseries. Your wealth has rotted away, your clothes have become moth-eaten, your gold and silver have corroded, and that corrosion will be a testimony against you; it will devour your flesh like a fire (Js 5:1-3a). My husband and I encountered the idea of voluntary …READ MORE

It is easy to get distracted in our fast-paced, image-saturated, consumeristic world. We get distracted by Instagram pictures, new gadgets, positions of power, the promise of more money, or an easier life. We frequently forget what really matters in life.    We learn today that this isn’t a new problem. Even the apostles, who were personal …READ MORE

He put his finger into the man’s ears and, spitting, touched his tongue; then he looked up to heaven and groaned, and said to him, “Ephphatha!”— that is, “Be opened!” Hearing this Gospel as a child, I thought it was so nasty. Why was something like this in the Bible? Why would Jesus even do …READ MORE