Thank God It’s Friday
Thank God it’s Friday! Praise the Lord! If you are reading this right now, guess what? God has carried you through the week, and that in and of itself is a blessing. Despite any of the trials, tribulations, or circumstances of life, we are alive and breathing. With...
Housing Justice
You may have noticed it was a little cold recently – we broke the kind of records you don’t really want to break. Hitting new lows in Boston and elsewhere. Ivy (BFJN’s associate director) and I had the immense privilege of taking a retreat this past weekend. We went...
Rich Toward God – It means what it says
This is our third and final blog considering the parable of the rich fool. Catch up on the first and second entries and then let’s look at these last verses together. After telling the story Jesus commands: Sell your possessions and give to the poor. Provide purses...
Rich Toward God: Don’t worry
This is the second of a three-part series on the parable of the rich fool. Last week we looked at what prompted Jesus to tell this story and the story itself. This week we’ll examine one part of Jesus’ post-parable words that help us understand what it is to be rich...
Rich Toward God: Abundance and focus
This is the first blog in a three-part series examining the parable of the rich man and considering how this story and the way Jesus presents it can guide us. The parable can be found in Luke 12. A businessman has more success than he anticipated and in order to...
Worthy of Repair
Hi friends! Although I have been a part of the BFJN community, serving as the Associate Director for just about a year now, this is my first time writing in our blog space, aside from some reflections that I shared last week. What a blessing and honor it is to be...
Happy New Year 2023!
The time leading up to ringing in the New Year is often a time to look back and consider what has been and to look forward and dream or plan for what is to come. It’s a good practice, not just for December 31st but in general. Since we are edging up to 12/31/22 we...
Advent Conspiracy – Giving more and Loving all
Truly He taught us to love one another; His law is love and His Gospel is Peace Chains shall He break, for the slave is our brother And in His name, all oppression shall cease Sweet hymns of joy in grateful chorus raise we Let all within us Praise His Holy name Christ...
Spend Less at Christmas???
And he puzzled three hours, til his puzzler was sore. Then the Grinch thought of something he hadn’t before! “Maybe Christmas,” he thought, “doesn’t come from a store.” Maybe Christmas . . . perhaps . . . means a little bit more.” How the Grinch Stole Christmas Though...
Countering the isms
The tree is glittering in the living room, gifts are wrapped perfectly underneath it, and stockings are sitting on the mantle stuffed with treats and toys. This appears to be the perfect picture of Christmas. But there’s something there which dictates the way we view...