There is a sunny side to original sin…
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By Mercy (poem)
By Mercy J. Marshall Jenkins Only by mercy do the merciless live another day, and only by mercy does another day come at all. By mercy the rainbow drapes every color over battlefields, and a young sycamore etches spring growth in winter sky. By mercy mortals play at...
The Inbreaking of Mercy in a Merciless World
You have a Christmas story to tell that the world needs to hear.
Goodness at the Heart of People: Sermon on Matthew 18:15-20
Now you, mortal, say to the house of Israel, Thus you have said: “Our transgressions and our sins weigh upon us, and we waste away because of them; how then can we live?” Say to them, As I live, says the Lord God, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but...
Jesus on Perfection
Jesus said, “Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect?” (Matthew 5:48) Here’s my take on it…
Compassion Spills from God’s Broken Heart
A touching image of God’s mercy…
Because He Meets Us In Trials (poem)
Because He Meets Us In Trials J. Marshall Jenkins This restlessness to rest in God: Many set out with Wordsworth and take it to woods and fields green hazed yellow with daisies, birds a choir in flight. God is there, no doubt. However, such wandering retreats only...
Comedy in the Book of Jonah
Amid the thundering proclamations of the prophets, a little piece of comedy appears: The Book of Jonah.
Julian’s Joyful Insight Into Sin (During Bad Times Like Ours)
How Julian of Norwich saw through suffering and sin to hope and love.
Forgiving the Ones You Are Stuck With
On one of the toughest challenges of faith.
Cleansing for Life with Augustine and Me
Is life just a long cleansing?
From Helplessness To Hope After the Parkland School Shooting
Something you can do about the violence.