Author Archives: stmichaelssurrey

Many congregations desire vitality and growth.  They may even describe themselves as friendly and generous, but their friendship excludes strangers and defined socially-deviant and marginalized people; moreover, their generosity is sporadic and neglectful of the most critical ethical and relational … Continue reading →

Society seems to be particularly capable at forming groupings, divisions, and delineations.  The social conditioning and choices we make, including bias, stereotyping, and racism amplify our consciousness which creates barriers that allow us to classify, for example, good and evil … Continue reading →

“Your faith has saved you.” A simple statement, yet extraordinarily complex.  This has to be one of the most challenging of Jesus’ sayings.  What is faith in this story?  Everyone of us, in our given context, can articulate what faith … Continue reading →

When we refer to this time in the liturgical calendar, it is spoken of as the long, boring session in which nothing happens.  But if you look at what happens during this time, you will see that the Scripture and … Continue reading →

God shows up in the most surprising of places.  And God is there for both the insiders and the outsiders, revealing the Godself in ways that are not the ways we have figured out.  Jesus looked at the centurion and … Continue reading →

Proverbs 8:1-4, 22-31: In this section of Proverbs we hear an account of wisdom.  In the opening lines it is made clear that the message of this proverb is one of the great import, something that needs to be heard.  … Continue reading →