For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord. There is a lot to be said…

Rend your heart and not your garments. There is an old saying that goes something like this, “The guilty dog always barks first.” In other words, when confronted with the reality of the guilt of wrongdoing, people will often make a big show out of their innocence. It is commonplace among human beings for us…

And he sat down and called the twelve. And he said to them, “If anyone would be first, he must be last of all and servant of all.” In Mark 9:31, Jesus tells his disciples for the second time what it is that he must suffer. Unlike the first time he said this in Mark…