Peter comes to Jesus with what sounds like a practical question. “Lord, if another member of the church sins against me, how often should I forgive? As many as seven times?” It is such a human question. How many times? How long do I have to keep doing this? When have I done enough? Peter […]

Abraham is the father of three great religious traditions. We know him as the faithful man who, at the age of 75, answered God’s call to leave his native land and to journey with his wife to a place he had never seen. We know him as the man who became a father long after […]

Now when all the people were baptized, and when Jesus also had been baptized and was praying, the heaven was opened, and the Holy Spirit descended upon him in bodily form like a dove. And a voice came from heaven, “You are my Son, the Beloved; with you I am well pleased.” Luke 3:21-22 Sin […]