A Burden Accepted

December 25 Submit your neck to her yoke, that your mind may accept her teaching. For she is close to those who seek her, and the one who is in earnest finds her. Sirach 51:26 Yoke – On this day when the ancient world celebrated the renewal and return of the fertility gods, a day…

Rest Under Restraint

“Take My yoke upon you, and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and YOU SHALL FIND REST FOR YOUR SOULS”  Matthew 11:29 Yoke – How can we enter into the second rest that Jesus promises?  Well, not by sitting under a tree!  Jesus says that rest comes when we are…

A New Authority

“Take my yoke upon you and learn from me“ Matthew 11:29 Learn from me – Today we are unaware of the audacity of Jesus’ invitation. We no longer hear these words in their context. They don’t cause scandal or outrage. But maybe they should. Maybe we have become too familiar with Jesus to feel the…