Wednesday, October 11, 2023
Our reading today offers a word on the power of faith. The idea is that if there is to be faith, something beyond our senses must pull it into being. In faith, we are being called from despair to hope. To come out of despair sounds liberating, but that doesn’t necessarily mean it’s an easy… Read more
Tuesday, October 10, 2023
Yesterday’s reading reminded us of the new covenant found in Jesus. We are no longer captive to sin looking for our way out, but instead find freedom in the power of the cross. Today’s reading reminds us what to do now with this freedom. The writer of Hebrews tells us what the church is: a… Read more
Monday, October 9, 2023
Our reading for today reminds us of the tension that exists inside us all to some extent: the need for perfection. We live in a heavily performance-based society, and oftentimes it’s hard to not measure one’s value based on one’s success. The writer of the letter to the Hebrews reminds us of where the old… Read more
Friday, October 6, 2023
On Sept. 7, 2001, a surgeon named Jacques Maresaux performed a relatively routine, non-invasive surgery on a patient. What made this surgery newsworthy is that, for the first time, the surgery was performed over the internet from a distance. It wasn’t just a small distance either, the doctor was in New York, and the patient… Read more