In today’s Gospel, Jesus gives us a roadmap for life in Christian community. It begins with a difficult reality: people hurt one another. There are misunderstandings, disagreements, betrayals, and sin.

Sadly, we do not have to look far to realize that many people today know something of this Canaanite woman’s experience. We look around and see institutions we once trusted

The coffee grows cold beside the sink because someone needs something before you take the first sip. Some people live this way for years. They remember appointments, return calls, carry

There is sometimes a cup left on the counter after someone has gone. You know it should be washed. You know they will not return to use it. Yet your

The spoon slips from your hand, strikes the kitchen floor, and spins longer than seems necessary. For a few seconds, the whole room is listening. Isaiah describes Assyria as an

There is a corner of my yard I have not touched in three years. I mow around it. At first, this was neglect. Then it became habit. Eventually it began