February 2017 archive of Following Jesus In The Foothills
8th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Sunday Message)
Posted by Fr. Nathan March on 2/27/17
Jesus was a teacher. Not just any teacher, but the Greatest Teacher Ever. When you think about what makes a good teacher, Jesus had an amazing ability to uncomplicated things- to present the subject matter in ways that were easily understandable and in ways that could be remembered. He ... Read More »
The Greatest Teacher Ever
Posted by Fr. Nathan March on 2/27/17
The past couple of Sundays the Gospel we’ve been hearing has been from Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount. This great sermon, beginning in Matthew Chapter 5 with the Beatitudes, constitutes Jesus’ great teaching on discipleship. What does it mean to be a follower of Jesus? How are we to ... Read More »
7th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Sunday Message)
Posted by Fr. Nathan March on 2/27/17
The Sermon on the Mount reminds us that God’s ways are not our ways. God sees the world differently than you or I. God’s Truth is Jesus. We are being invited to put on 3D glasses, as St. Paul said, to put on the mind of Christ, to share ... Read More »
Jesus Was A Radical
Posted by Fr. Nathan March on 2/27/17
Jesus was a radical. I don’t mean he was a social activist, a revolutionary, or an extremist. I mean Jesus was a radical in the true sense of the word. A radical is someone who “gets to the root of things”. We see that in the Gospel this weekend. ... Read More »
6th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Sunday Message)
Posted by Fr. Nathan March on 2/13/17
The readings today are challenging us as disciples of Jesus to be thermostats, not thermometers- To be active not passive; To be instruments of change, instead of like a weather rock, people who changes with the environment. As we strive to follow Jesus in the foothills, the invitation is ... Read More »
The Third Question
Posted by Fr. Nathan March on 2/10/17
Over the past few weeks we’ve been exploring the “Jesus Question.” We started with the question Jesus himself posed to his disciples, “Who do YOU say Jesus is?” We expanded the question further asking, “Who does Jesus say He is?”. But there is a third question that could be ... Read More »
5th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Sunday Message)
Posted by Fr. Nathan March on 2/10/17
It doesn’t take much salt to make food taste better. But you’re likely to notice if there is no salt. Likewise, it doesn’t take too many trail markers to mark out a trail. But you’re likely to get lost without them. What Jesus is saying is that as his ... Read More »
There is More
Posted by Fr. Nathan March on 2/10/17
Last week we asked, “Who does Jesus say he is?” and we considered his claim to be God. Because of our faith that Jesus is God, we have hope. This week, let’s consider some more of Jesus’ claims about himself: Jesus claimed to be able to give eternal life ... Read More »
4th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Sunday Message)
Posted by Fr. Nathan March on 2/10/17
Today in the Gospel Jesus teaches us the Beatitudes. You can think of them as sort of a recipe for living a happy life. Now if the Beatitudes are like a recipe for happiness, then desiring a perfect life and seeking it apart from a deep, dynamic, personal relationship ... Read More »
The God Claim
Posted by Fr. Nathan March on 2/10/17
Recently I saw a number of Internet videos that attempted to argue that Jesus didn’t exist or that our celebration of Christmas has its origins in pagan mythology. Most of these arguments show a lack of academic scholarship or even a rudimentary understanding of world history. But it does ... Read More »