Our Gospel reading today (Matthew 22:2-14) is a very troubling parable - violent, condemning, exclusionary at the same time that it is inclusive. I usually focus on the inclusive aspects, but not today. In light of what’s going on in the world - the violence, the exclusion, the hatred and terrorism - it’s incumbent that I …
Where is your god?
Psalm 42 has always been one of my favorites. Like so often in the Psalms, here too the psalmist is besieged by people who mock him for trusting in God. "Where is your God?" they say to him as he suffers torments physical and spiritual. The language of this psalm is pure poetry. The psalmist is …
