Touchpoints from 2025

Touchpoints from 2025

The Great Chasm

The Great Chasm

Jesus said, “There was a rich man who was dressed in purple and fine linen and who feasted sumptuously every day. 20And at his gate lay a poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores, 21who longed to satisfy his hunger with what fell from the rich man’s table; even the dogs would come and lick his sores. 22The poor man died and was carried away by the angels to be with Abraham. The rich man also died and was buried.…
Image of see-saw with a heart on one side and money on the other.

The Shrewd Storyteller

Then Jesus said to the disciples, “There was a rich man who had a manager, and charges were brought to him that this man was squandering his property. So he summoned him and said to him, ‘What is this that I hear about you?” Give me an accounting of your management because you cannot be my manager any longer.’ Then the manager said to himself, ‘What will I do now that my master is taking the position away from me?” I…
Lost Sheep

The Parable of the Lost Pharisee

Now all the tax collectors and sinners were coming near to listen to him  And the Pharisees and the scribes were grumbling and saying, “This fellow welcomes sinners and eats with them.”  So he told them this parable:  “Which one of you, having a hundred sheep and losing one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness and go after the one that is lost until he finds it?  And when he has found it, he lays it on his…
Colorful watercolor of Jesus walking a path.

Jesus Shocks Wannabes

Now large crowds were traveling with him, and he turned and said to them, “Whoever comes to me and does not hate father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, yes, and even life itself, cannot be my disciple. Whoever does not carry the cross and follow me cannot be my disciple. For which of you, intending to build a tower, does not first sit down and estimate the cost, to see whether he has enough to complete it?…

Bringing the Fire

“I have come to cast fire upon the earth, and how I wish it were already ablaze! I have a baptism with which to be baptized, and what constraint I am under until it is completed! Do you think that I have come to bring peace to the earth? No, I tell you, but rather division! From now on five in one household will be divided, three against two and two against three; they will be divided: father against son    and son against father,mother against…
City of Redemption is a drawing by Darrell Black

Isaiah, Jesus and Eddie Haskell

Grace to you from the Mystery in whom we live and breathe and have our being. “For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.” Do not be afraid, little flock, for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom. Sell your possessions and give alms. Make purses for yourselves that do not wear out, an unfailing treasure in heaven, where no thief comes near and no moth destroys.  Luke 12: 32-34 eddie’s shenanigans According to…
Lord, teach us to pray.

Fearless Prayer

Grace to you from the Mystery in whom we live and breathe and have our being. The disciples ask Jesus how to pray. When you pray, say:Father may your name be revered as holy.May your kingdom come.Give us each day our daily bread.And forgive us our sins,for we ourselves forgive everyone indebted to us.And do not bring us to the time of trial. Luke 11:1-13 ask, it will be given And he said to them, suppose one of you has…

Wanted For No Good Reason

Grace to you from the Mystery in whom we live and breathe and have our being. Sit with me in this moment. Tell her, then, to help me.” But the Lord answered her, “Martha, you are worried and distracted by many things, but few things are needed—indeed only one.” Luke 10:38-42 different temperaments My mom was definitely a Martha in personality. The kid in me wants to yell, “yahoo, Jesus said I don’t have to help In kitchen!” This story of…