My husband pretty much knows that if he tells me something — anything — he’s also telling my sister.

The devil knows all the rules. The devil knows all the Bible verses. He probably knows them better than you do (certainly better than I do).

If we see a splinter in another person’s eye, or a problem in the world that needs to be fixed, what Jesus is saying is not that we should ignore it and move on.

It saddens me that Christians have somehow gained this reputation as a people who judge, who condemn. Today’s Gospel is an invitation for us to consider how we engage with people who disagree with us.

I was so consumed with what I was going to become that I wasn’t spending a lot of time thinking about who I was going to become.

I love today’s Gospel passage, and not just because I love a good fish fry. I love it because I am Peter.

When Simeon cradles the infant Messiah in his arms, he speaks of salvation and glory and revelation. He speaks of his own death. He speaks of the fulfillment of God’s promise to all people.

Jesus didn’t come to fix the brokenness of the world. He came to fix our brokenness. He offers us not relief from the trials of life, but an answer to the question of how to live in joy, in love and in purpose in the midst of these evil days.