Topic: Fear

There are plenty of reasons to despair of the future, but Jeremiah and Jesus show us a pathway of hope that overcomes despair.

Facing an epidemic of depression and despair, Jesus calls us to follow on a tear-stained path of prophetic faithfulness.

In a world that is hell-bent on self-destruction, Jesus calls us to gather to him and to love faithfully and vulnerably with him, rather than surrendering to the hate and fear.

It is not from the halls of power but from humble places that the love which offers wholeness and healing and peace erupts into life.

In the face of a politics grounded in nationalist arrogance and fake news, Jesus proclaims a ‘kingdom’ grounded in shared humanity and truth.

All of us, men especially, share responsibility for confronting and changing the culture that enables men to feel entitled to rape, and Jesus leads us into the new culture that sets us all free.

Pretending to be better than we are alienates us from God and one another. Being open and real about our weaknesses and failures open us to God and one another.

In the face of tragedy, we naturally cry out “Why?” Jesus meets us in the suffering and helps us find the path of life.

God invites us to live joyously, boldly and freely in the midst of mystery, but we are frequently tempted to grasp for something more tangible and certain.

What we do with our children is one of the great tests of our faithfulness to the God of Jesus, and tragically, child sacrifice is common in our society.

In a world infested by terror and fear, Jesus tells us that becoming the victims of that world is not nearly as dangerous as becoming part of it.

In the fact of the climate apocalypse, we hold on to our hope: hoping and working for the radical, impossible change that is necessary.