Christian reflection

Love Yourself

In both the Old and New Testaments, we see that God expects us to love our neighbors as ourselves (Lev 19:18; Mark 12:31). Although we often focus on the “love your neighbor” part, today I’d like to draw attention to the “as yourself ” part. Why should you love yourself? ...

The Patient Jesus: Lessons from the Road to Emmaus, Part 3

In this three-part series, we walk with two of Jesus’ followers who had such strong preconceived notions about the Messiah that they failed to recognize the resurrected Christ when he was staring them in the face. In parts 1 and 2 of our series, Jesus approached two ...