Jesus – Page 2 – Mike Angell

Advent Wilderness

In Advent we go out to the wilderness, because there, at the edge, there in the hands of wild ones something new can be born.

Advent Disruption

This season of waiting, of hope, of expectation, it’s a time of practice. Our world doesn’t wait well. Advent asks us to practice waiting. Even amidst the tinny holiday music clinically designed to make us buy yet more junk, underneath the disastrous drumbeats of the news, listen. There is another melody playing. There is a counterpoint.

Your faith has made you well?

What does Jesus mean when he says, “your faith has made you well?” I suspect how we answer this question tells us a great deal about about our own faith, and our own sense of wellness, even our sense of salvation.

Money as a Means to an End

How could we use our money more imaginatively, for the sake of those in need? The Rev. Mike Angell reads the parable of the “dishonest manager” or the “unjust steward” as a window into God’s economy.