Resurrection: Beyond Harps and Clouds Thoughts on the First Readings -Joe Frankenfield Easter Sunday Acts 10:34a,37-43 If you ask a grade school child what Easter means, she’ll almost always reply that Jesus came back to life after he died on the cross. That’s not a bad answer for a grade school child. It might be [...]

Love God; Love What God Loves Thoughts on the First Readings -Joe Frankenfield Palm Sunday Isaiah 50: 4-7 When we hear what God is speaking to us, our lives change. When we actually come to realize that God is constantly creating us with a love beyond comprehension and that he creates everything that exists with [...]

Trusting God: Daring To Love Thoughts on the First Readings -Joe Frankenfield Fifth Sunday of Lent Ezra 37: 12-14 A man once who told me in all seriousness that he never went to doctors. He simply trusted in God he said. I told him, as nicely as I could, that his logic escaped me. “God [...]

It’s About God’s Strength Not Human Weakness Thoughts on the First Readings -Joe Frankenfield Fourth Sunday of Lent 1 Samuel 16: 1b, 6-7, 10-13a You don’t have to be big to accomplish big things is a theme that runs throughout the Bible. One can make the case that the entire saga of Israel makes that [...]