Bidding farewell to his disciples, Jesus reassures them that his death isnot the end. Jesus is our way, our road, our path forward. These wordsare not meant to exclude other religions. Rather, John is remindinghis faith community of their particular and distinct...
Was Thomas’ doubt born of healthy skepticism? Of curiosity and adesire to learn? Or did his doubt emerge from cynicism, a dismissivedenial? If it was the latter, then Thomas wasn’t going to get far inmaking a new road with Christ. If he had already concluded Jesus...
We long to walk the new road with Christ, but the people, places andmemories to which we are emotionally attached can keep us lookingback. We cling to beliefs, ideologies and worldviews taught to us byfamily or handed down with authority, but that can keep us from...
To set out on a journey with nothing – no luggage, no snacks, no cashor credit cards, just your faith in the One you follow – sets a highstandard for discipleship. The days when I felt comfortable travelingwithout a cellphone are long behind me. But the road Jesus...
Brian McLaren writes in We Make the Road by Walking, “[Faith]was to be a road, a path, a way out of old destructive patterns intonew creative ones.” There are many roads we can choose to make:roads of anger, hate, and violence; roads of disrespect and exclusion;roads...
John the Baptist typically kicks off the season of Advent,proclaiming our need to repent in preparation for the birth ofChrist. But I turn to Luke 3 to begin our 2022 Lenten journey. Thisdevotion series is based on the Spanish poet Antonio Machado’spoem “Walker.”...
