DAILY READING John 10: 22-42 REFLECTION The Evidence is Right In Front of You By Michael Guastella I wish people would get right to the point sometimes.  I am often impatient with someone who I feel is just droning on and on, but saying nothing.  Bloviating nonsense for the love of nothing but the sound of their own voice.  But more often than not, I don’t realize until after the fact that my focus on my own impatience has made me miss something important.  In this way, I relate strongly to...

DAILY READING John 4: 27-45 REFLECTION Leave the Water Jar Behind By Michael Guastella At the start of John 4, we see Jesus crossing boundaries, both geographical and cultural.  He engages the Samaritan woman and has a dialogue with her, and by the time we get to verse 27, Jesus has identified himself as the Messiah to the woman at the well.  And then, the transformation begins. A bit earlier in verse 25, the woman expresses her faith that she knows the Messiah is coming, and she is waiting...

DAILY READING John 15: 12-17 REFLECTION No Greater Love Than This By Michael Guastella When Jesus says "this is my command", it's always a good idea to pay attention to what comes right after that. We open this passage with exactly that - a command. And this one is very, very important. We are called to love each other, but very specifically, we are called to love each other as Jesus has loved us. Elsewhere in the Bible, Jesus commands us to love our neighbors as ourselves, to love God,...