People Grumble

We’ve discussed this issue before – the issue of God’s justice.  I bring it up again in the context of this week’s lesson because it’s relevant.  We complain and we grumble – just as the people of Israel did – because we don’t understand how God could not live up to our expectations.  Isn’t that [...]

Stewards of God’s Mysteries

Today’s lesson scripture doesn’t focus so much on the mystery of God’s justice as on our role in relation to that justice – whatever it may be.  Let’s take a look at the scripture for today: 1 Think of us in this way, as servants of Christ and stewards of God’s mysteries. 2 Moreover, it is [...]

The Son Reveals the Father

The difference in the “secret” revealed in Christ as opposed to the secret that mortals look for is that – paradoxically – the secret is simple and out in the open.  Even a child can understand and grasp such secrets.  I read once that when we are young we can hear a certain all pervading sound [...]