This fourth and final week of Advent is all about LOVE. In Hebrew, ahava means love. But unlike here in the West, Hebrew love isn’t a feeling we fall into. It’s an affection that takes action. Right in the middle of ahava is hav – the verb that means “to… Read More
The words of the apostle Peter are just what I need right now. Now that you have purified souls by obeying the truth so that you have sincere love for each other, love one another deeply, from the heart. 1 Peter 1:22 In early Christianity, “obeying the truth” was shorthand… Read More
Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one. 5Love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. Deuteronomy 6:4,5 This is what the Lord says:“The people who survive the sword will find favor in the wilderness; I will come to give rest to Israel.” 3 The Lord appeared to us in the past, saying:“I have… Read More
Now that you have purified yourselves by obeying the truth so that you have sincere love for each other, love one another deeply, from the heart. – 1 Peter 1:22 “Obeying the truth” was an idiom in Peter’s day for conversion to Christianity. Everyone who has undergone this conversion is… Read More
After I fly him to his bed like Spiderman and wrap him in a blanket like a caterpillar cocooned, I kiss his cheek and he laughs. My beard tickles. “Again kiss,” he says. And again I kiss. “I love you. Goodnight.” Before I make it out the bedroom door he… Read More
I spent the last couple days in Annapolis, Maryland at the United States Naval Academy teaching, singing, and learning. Our boss for the week, and new friend, Chaplain Brian Weigelt took us out to breakfast yesterday at Chick and Ruths Deli. While I savored my crab and veggie omelet, arguably… Read More
Shaun Groves