In today’s gospel story, we glimpse the first two disciples and the beginning of their journey with Jesus. These disciples responded to the invitation to “come and see” and chose to follow Jesus with their questions, doubts, hopes, and fears, bringing their full selves and lives into this commitment. Throughout their journey with Christ and each other, they grew, lived, and served. Through them, God’s work was accomplished, and the good news of God’s love was shared. This wor

Today is the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord and, by association, the feast of all our baptisms. We celebrate the beginning of Jesus’ public ministry just as we celebrate baptism as the beginning of our ministry. May we dream of a church that is serious about God’s love.

God's answers are here, in the words you already know how to speak. They have come, but they have come softly like small mercies. We might overlook as we search the skies for the grander miracles we desire. So, wait, anticipate, seek, look, and find. The answers are there for our finding. Are we willing to accept them? Will dare the joy of living them? 

Peace, when sought for its own sake, is elusive; but, when we seek to be peacemakers for others, it comes back a hundredfold. “It is in giving that we receive.” The best way to discover peace for ourselves is to seek to create peace in our family and in our workplace, and among the poor, struggling, and oppressed. John the Baptist challenges us to prepare for the arrival of Christ by bearing fruit worthy of repentance, and so we end where we began. What are we will to do for