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Advent and The End of the World
This Time Between is a strange place to be, it is filled with uncertainty and a whole lot of stretching. But it’s exactly in this unsettling
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Wesley Arning
Nov 1010 min read
O Wisdom: How Only God Knows
To grow deeper with Jesus is to grow wiser. And I think that’s because, in a relationship with Jesus, we are first invited, and then command
Wesley Arning
Nov 37 min read
Saintly Runway Lights
Saints are like the Church’s runway lights. They are lights in the darkness that help lead people to safety and to our ultimate destination.
Wesley Arning
Oct 208 min read
The Right Impression in Mark 12
Our soul will take on the shape of whatever character we allow to be impressed upon us. We are wax being formed in the image of whatever we
Wesley Arning
Sep 305 min read
St. Michael & All Angels
The Feast Day of St. Michael and All Angels forces us to think bigger; to not put a limit on the infinite simply because we cannot underst
Wesley Arning
Sep 2910 min read
Kingdom Leadership in Numbers 11
It appears that Moses is being taught a lesson about leadership in the Kingdom of God. It is given in order to be given away; responsibility
Wesley Arning
Sep 227 min read
God's Providence in Ruth 3
As we see in this chapter, God is working quietly behind the scenes. He is working through a very fraught
Wesley Arning
Aug 259 min read
Eat & Drink the Christ
Today’s reading is a great reminder of the totality of Jesus’ teaching, and a stern warning to anyone who assumes they know what’s going to
Wesley Arning
Jul 217 min read
Exploring Obadiah
Obadiah pointed to a future that he could not fully see. He could glimpse a bright morning star in the distance, ever so faintly amid the
Wesley Arning
Jun 2310 min read
Taken Seriously with David & Goliath
Neither Saul nor his bravest warriors are willing to enter the valley as Israel’s “man between” against the 9-ft-9-in Philistine.
Wesley Arning
Jun 169 min read
The King Is Coming
There was a man, he said, who came to the entrance of a city, and he saw someone sitting at the gate and asked, “How goes it in the city?”
Wesley Arning
May 198 min read
Pentecost & Our Native Tongue
But the gift of language goes even further. What the Holy Spirit did that day and still does today is help us recover our first language.
Wesley Arning
Apr 78 min read
The Risen Stranger
There is an “otherness” to Jesus on this side of the grave, and it must be accepted that this is how it’s going to be. There’s no going back
Wesley Arning
Mar 318 min read
Come & See the Empty Tomb
The Christian message makes some outrageous claims if you think about it. We claim that the author of creation entered into our story.
Wesley Arning
Mar 178 min read
Death: Friend or Foe?
Because of Jesus, and only because of Jesus, can death be both friend and foe. Death is no longer a judgment on God’s people because Jesus
Wesley Arning
Mar 48 min read
The Temple & Jesus in John 2
At its purest level, the Temple in Jerusalem was meant to communicate God’s covenant faithfulness with his people. It would stand forever
Wesley Arning
Feb 188 min read
Adam 2 in the Wilderness
Jesus was sandwiched seemingly between two worlds. The old world of Jerusalem and the new world of the Kingdom he was bringing about.
Wesley Arning
Feb 47 min read
The Cure to Gnawing Sorrow
And time and again in his letter he has portrayed these two forms of wisdom as coming from above and below. The wisdom that comes from above
Wesley Arning
Jan 77 min read
Baptism of the Holy Spirit?
Paul explains to them that Christian baptism is “into Jesus.” Faith is not in the Holy Spirit, it’s in Jesus, but if you believe in Jesus
Wesley Arning
Dec 24, 202318 min read
A Christmas Triduum
You are loved not because of anything that you bring to the table. Mary wasn’t known for her beauty, Joseph for his intelligence, or the
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