Palm Sunday kicks off the great paradox of Holy Week. Can you imagine God, the omniscient, omnipotent Creator of the universe, the source of all we are and all we have – you know, God! – humbling himself in front of you? But that’s what He did: He rode into Jerusalem on a donkey instead of […]
Author: Joe Galloway
A Conversion Journey
Lent calls us to repentance and conversion. Living stewardship is a conversion journey toward a mature discipleship. We are to accept the loss of all things, as St. Paul told the Philippians in Chapter 3:8 – things like our ideas of success and happiness and the urge to buy more and more stuff considering it […]
Which One are You?
It got me again, the parable of the Prodigal. I enjoy those retreat break-out sessions where we’re asked, “Which one are you?” I find it hard to comprehend, but still, very comforting to know the lavish love God gives me and all of us prodigals. But truly, I am more like the older brother. The […]
What Makes you Feel Safe and Secure?
What makes you feel safe and secure? What do you need to have to feel like life is good, that you have no worries? I confess that for me it is having enough money to support my lifestyle. So I go out and strive to make money. I often justify that effort with the good […]
God’s Amazing Generosity
We read in Genesis 15:5-6,18 of God’s amazing generosity. He said this to Abraham, “Look up at the sky and count the stars, if you can. Just so, he added, will your descendants be. Abram put his faith in the LORD, who attributed it to him as an act of righteousness. On that day the […]