by Mathew Swora | Sep 29, 2019
Not that I actually knew the Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel (1907-19720, but whenever I read something of his, I get the strange sense that he knew me. Works of his that have enlightened and blessed me by helping me see the Bible from a Jewish perspective (slap...
by Mathew Swora | Sep 10, 2019
Eph.4: 14 Then we will no longer be infants, tossed back and forth by the waves, and blown here and there by every wind of teaching and by the cunning and craftiness of people in their deceitful scheming. 15 Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will grow to become...
by Mathew Swora | Aug 26, 2019
Based on Jesus’ parable of the Prodigal Son, Luke 15: 11-32 by Mathew Swora The scene was a room in a musty old church basement. Beige paint was peeling in flecks from the cinderblock walls, while knocking and banging noises were coming from a radiator. The...
by Mathew Swora | Jul 14, 2019
In all seriousness, with no discernible sense of humor nor irony, student protesters and rioters in the streets of Paris, in May of 1968, chanted, “It is forbidden to forbid!” Had they lingered in thought a few moments over an espresso at a sidewalk bistro before...
by Mathew Swora | Jul 1, 2019
John 21 15 When they had finished eating, Jesus said to Simon Peter, “Simon son of John, do you love me more than these?” “Yes, Lord,” he said, “you know that I love you.” Jesus said, “Feed my lambs.”16 Again Jesus said, “Simon son of John, do you love me?” He...
by Mathew Swora | Jun 10, 2019
‘And it shall be in the last days,’ God says, ‘That I will pour forth of My Spirit on all mankind; And your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, And your young men shall see visions, And your old men shall dream dreams; 18 Even on My bondslaves, both men and women,...
