Fruit is one of the things that we are most critical of. I don’t know anyone who goes through the produce aisle of the grocery store and puts fruit in their cart without first giving it a good look over. Likewise, farmers don’t keep the fruit that has gone bad. Eating bad fruit would not […]
Why is it that rich people always get a bad rap in the Bible? Is having money evil? Is it bad to live a pleasurable life and do we really need to live in poverty to get into Heaven? We all have different careers and financial backgrounds and so we will also all have different […]
Imagine investing in something that would guarantee not only a positive return, but a huge positive return on our investment. If such a return was guaranteed, one would be a fool to not invest. When we invest our lives in God, He will not only give us back our investment, but much more. We have […]
One of the best movies of all time is “It’s a Wonderful Life”. In the movie, George Bailey is feeling depressed and worthless. He wishes he was never born and his wish is granted. The gift he gets is seeing all of the ways his life impacted those he came in contact with and how […]
Over 2,000 years ago, Jesus came into the world and gave us his whole self. When Jesus comes into our own little world, how do we respond? Do we foster our relationship with Him by giving our gifts to Him like the magi or do we try to remove Him from our lives like Herod? […]
All people are created equal in dignity and respect, but different in terms of ability. The world needs that diversity. Some people have many talents and others only have one or two. It doesn’t matter how many we have. What counts is how we use them. The body of Christ is often compared to the […]
The gospel for today reminds me of the old saying from Benjamin Franklin which says, “In this world nothing is certain but death and taxes.” In the gospel, Jesus says to repay to Caesar what belongs to Caesar and to God what belongs to God. What belongs to God? God created everything and put existence […]
