Living in a Sea of Mercy
Over the years I have tried to share with you my experience, strength and hope regarding our faith in Christ Jesus. As we say in AA, we “trudge the road of happy destiny.” It is an apt description of our journey in faith together. It is all about the road - the journey; the destination will take care of itself. The destination is the Kingdom of God and the fact is we have already arrived there, or here if you will. Jesus says “the Kingdom of God IS at hand.” Rules, doctrines even papal pronouncements will not save us; only accepting the invitation into God’s realm will do it. Only by living in our lives the death and resurrection that Jesus lives in us will do it. The primary invitation into God’s realm is found at the beginning of John’s Gospel: The next day John the Baptist was there again with two of his disciples, and as he watched Jesus walk by, he said, “Behold, the Lamb of God.” The two disciples* heard what he said and followed Jesu...