Desires can be redirected.  Ambitions can be purified.  But my unwillingness to care?

Everyone dreams of it, but nobody wants to be seen as actually rich.

We shamed them by ignoring them. We felt like we needed to pick sides when no one had asked us to do so.

We, Jesus’ friends. The ones that are supposed to do as Jesus did, talk like Jesus did, to follow him.

No matter which job I would ever have, I would be the best! If I had become a trash collector, I would aim at being the best trash collector in town.

No one likes hearing that they are wrong. Because whenever that happens, we know deep in our heart it’s the truth. And the worst is, you thought you got it right.

Asking for help for someone else. We usually call that advocacy. What we assume is best for everyone. We forget to ask the people involved what they want.

It’s a story about what happens when assumptions win over curiosity.

There is hope in song. Sometimes, really, the only hope left.

Sometimes she imagines being a temple herself, so holy that no one dares to come close. Those are the days when she can hold her head up high. Because people are afraid of her power.

It was a beautiful day at sea in May 1865. In so many ways.

Jesus tells us a joke cloaked in a parable. There is a twinkle in his eye. A gleam of mischief.

Were they pretty enough? Perfect enough? Good enough? Who could tell them? Who would know?

She is the most powerful force on earth, totally untamed, yet often unnamed, unrecognized.

When I first went to college to study theology, it was the time of aphorisms everywhere. I had cards everywhere. On my desk, at my walls, glued to my door.

Everybody kept talking about the Holy Spirit leading the election. Don’t worry, I love the Holy Spirit. But I am also aware that church is a place of church politics.

Dawit takes a deep breath. The city smells holy to them, special, exciting, accepting. Like God.

Nobody asked them whether they were ready to be witnesses. The authorities forced them.

The idea is simple: Give what you have. Ask for what you need. No ask is too big, no gift is too small.

Within hours everything had changed for them. Not just the present, but most importantly the future.