Listen on Apple Podcasts Listen on SoundOn Readings Here Monday of the Sixth Week of Easter Acts 16:11–15 Sometimes the Gospel enters a place in a way nobody expected. Paul had seen in a dream a man from Macedonia crying out, “Come over and help us.” So he went. But when he arrived, the first person to welcome the Gospel was not the man from his dream. ...
Readings Here SIXTH SUNDAY OF EASTER Acts 8:5-8.14-17; 1 Peter 3:15-18; John 14:15-21 In two weeks the Church will sing again: Come, Holy Spirit. We know the story of Pentecost. Wind. Fire. Boldness. A new language for the mighty works of God. We know, too, that the Spirit was given to us. And yet many of us wonder: ...
Readings Here Saturday of the Fifth Week of Easter Acts 16:1–10 They wanted to go east. And the Spirit said no. They tried another road. Again, no. Twice the way was closed. Twice the road ended. And so they kept going, not because they understood, but because they obeyed. Until at last they came to the edge of the sea. ...
Readings Here Friday of the Fifth Week of Easter Acts 15:22-31; John 15:12–17 There is something astonishing in today’s Gospel. Jesus says: “I no longer call you slaves, but friends.” A slave hears the order, but not the heart. A slave receives commands, but is not told the mystery. A slave stands outside the door. ...
From Fear to Faith: Paul in Corinth Thursday of the Sixth Week of Easter Acts 18:1–8; John 16:16–20 After Athens, Paul goes to Corinth. He does not arrive as a hero. He arrives tired. Uneasy. Afraid. Later he himself admits it: he came in weakness, in fear, and in much trembling. That matters. Because we often imagine that the great apostles were always strong, always clear, always fearless. But Paul was not like that. ...