Jesus tells of a father who is prodigal (extravagantly generous) with love. God’s unconditional love fills us so that we can love one another and return to our kinship with each other in God.

When Jesus says “Repent or perish” he doesn’t mean “Obey or God will punish you,” he means, “Your way of life is killing you.” Repentance is letting God nourish us differently.

Christ empowers us to let go of the fear and violence of the culture around us, and embrace the peace of God. Jesus chooses to be a “mother hen” giving life to his people even under threat from Herod, “that fox.” We reflect on how to “stand firm,” with the help of George Ochieng Odalo from the slums of Nairobi.

Facing our temptations may include the unsavory work of being honest about our failings. But it is also the joyful process of allowing God to set us free from the tyranny of our fears and desires.

The story of the Transfiguration–Jesus shining with light on the mountain–takes us back and forth between revelation and mystery until we see they’re the same thing.

God loves us unconditionally like a mother loves her baby, and gives us that love for one another.

Reading prayerfully through Luke’s story of Jesus calling the fishermen, we explore what it’s like to follow Jesus: unexpected, miraculous, intimidating, empowering… enticing!

God chooses us and enables us to bring about justice in the world: to change the world with love so that everyone has what they need to live deeply– especially those who are now marginalized, abused, exploited and belittled.