Find what you’re looking for
You have entered Christ’s life through baptism, Paul says. Accept this new life he has bestowed on you. He has paid up in your name whatever you may have owed to God.
As I begin the first months of retirement, I ask myself regularly, “What’s next?” What great thing will God ask of me? In what cause will I be called to invest my time, talent, and treasure?
Saint Paul accepts the sufferings that his ministry requires: filling up what is lacking in the afflictions of Christ. Christ’s followers must endure struggle for the advancement of Christ’s kingdom.
Everyone loves the idea of vacation, but when we actually take one, it seems to be over in the blink of an eye. It’s hard at first to clear the distractions away from our minds, but over time the benefits begin to bubble up.
All Christian faith–the Colossians’, Paul’s, and ours–has a cosmic dimension. Rooted in Christ who is the source of all creation and the firstborn of all the dead, faith involves sharing universal reconciliation.
Given the state of the world, it’s easy to be mired in grief. But lightness and grace surround us. We just have to look for them.
All too often, we fail to recognize those in the less-than-visible jobs. But try to imagine your life if there were no people to fill those roles.
Before anything else Christ reflects the image of the invisible God. He is the model on which all creation–visible and invisible–is based.
Many of those I love are far away. Our paths have led us to live apart–across borders, even oceans. When I sense this absence my heart aches.
What Paul asks for from God for the Colossians constitutes the agenda for every Christian life. God expects us all to grow and flourish in Christ’s kingdom.
