Scripture for Life: Developing our gifts and using them in the best way possible is the only way we can give thanks or begin to respond adequately to what we have been given.
Scripture for Life: Tom Sawyer made his task such an attractive work of art that his buddies paid for a chance to join in. That's what Christ seems to be offering us today.
Scripture for Life: Jesus' idea of family was very different from that of his contemporaries — and much larger. So, too, his sense of identity. He knew he was part of the whole God created.
Scripture for Life: God does not parachute in to solve everything. It's not that easy. God shares this hope with us — that we will follow the Spirit's inspiration to resolve the world's hopelessness.
Scripture for Life: Today's Gospel question asks how we might practice the creative compassion that incarnates the kingdom of God in a suffering world.
