Just Living Thoughts on the First Readings -  Joe Frankenfield Genesis 18:20-32 “You’re going to be tempted many times to count the cost of love and ask yourself whether or not you’re getting your fair share of the pie. The biggest threat to marriage is the desire for fairness. The whole idea of fairness is [...]

Tending The Web Thoughts on the First Readings – Joe Frankenfield Genesis 18:1-10 “Always be nice to a stranger and help him if he needs you because he may be Jesus in disguise,” my grandmother used to say. Her thinking seems quaint now. We bridle at the image of God sneaking around to trap us. [...]

First You Choose Then You Live Thoughts on the First Readings – Joe Frankenfield Deuteronomy 30:10-14 “Religion is really a very simple thing,” a fellow once told me. “Everyone knows what’s right. They just have to do it.” Except for reducing religion to morality, my friend’s comment is hard to disagree with – on the [...]

Prophets Of Hope Thoughts on the First Readings – Joe Frankenfield Isaiah 66:10-14 “I’m taking my son out of his classroom,” the young mother told me, “his teacher is so negative. She constantly tells the kids what they do wrong but rarely what they do well. My son says that her favorite phrase is, ‘You’re [...]