Henri Nouwen

Reflections on covenants made with love, themes from 1 Corinthians 13.

This week we celebrate the renewal of Ray & Arden’s Wedding Vows during the year of their 60th anniversary: such vows are bound as a covenant made in the sight and presence of holy love (agape). This is our great covenant: To dwell together in peace,To seek the truth in love, And to help one […]

Reflections on prodigal love: themes from parable in Luke 15

When is love prodigal? When is it wasteful and exuberant to offer compassion and welcome though it may not be merited or appreciated? Some early theologians so feared this parable of prodigal love, that they decided it shouldn’t be told or taught … it offered a model that overturned good sense and economical, societal order. […]

Reflection on Advent 3: Joy

Joy is the serious business of Heaven. — C. S. Lewis Song: Joy to the World by Pentatonix Song: Joy by Jonny Diaz Song: Joy by For King & Country Song: Joy Joy Joy Down In My Heart by Little Richard House of Joy — Rumi If you knew yourself for even one moment, if […]

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