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Eight Days to Easter

Mike Kelly | January 1, 2024

I Gave Up Wit for Lent and No One Noticed.

Mike Kelly | April 15, 2023

My daughter, my two sons, and my wife don’t think I’m hilarious, but I do. It’s not just me either, a lot of people agree, maybe even my daughter-in-law. Wit is one of my things, specifically the Irish variety with its endearing sarcasm and piercing insights. As Lent approached and I considered where the fruit […]

Eight Days To Easter: What Have You Done With This Man?

Mike Kelly | April 9, 2023

This is post 8 of 8 in the series “Eight Days to Easter” The Gospels tell us about Jesus’ birth and ministry in order to tell us about his death and resurrection. Two-thirds of their pages focus on the last week of his life. Eight Days to Easter follows Jesus from Palm Sunday to Easter […]

Sunday Meds

Lord's Day meditations to help you keep going

Pulling Rank in Love

Mike Kelly | December 15, 2024

… though I am bold enough in Christ to command you to do what is required, yet for love’s sake I prefer to appeal to you. Philemon 8-9. This little letter is more muscular than we’re conditioned to hear. Two-thousand years later, it’s become a master-class in Apostolic understatement, but Philemon got it fresh and […]

The Thankful Shepherd

Mike Kelly | December 8, 2024

“We always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you…” Colossians 1.3 Paul said extravagant things about the saints. Some exalt the wonders of Christ’s union with us or the Church as the recipient of unfathomable generosity. But his exuberance isn’t confined to the transepts and buttresses of the […]

What’s Your Thanksgiving Coefficient?

Mike Kelly | December 1, 2024

I give thanks to my God always for you because of the grace of God that was given you in Christ Jesus, that in every way you were enriched in him. 1 Corinthians 1.4 For those who chose ministry to avoid STEM classes, “coefficient” is used here in its original sense as working together to […]