Emmaus Walk with Bishop Jos!

Thirty-one years. It is a span of time that feels both like a single indrawn breath and a vast, uncharted continent I have spent a lifetime traversing. Today, I find myself sitting in the quiet, recalling my ordination. I am not looking back to extract a lesson or to offer a theological explanation of the priesthood. Instead, I am simply sitting with the wonder of it all—marveling at the staggerin...

These days, when I prepare for a journey, I find myself packing for days. I worry about the details—do I have my documents? Is my house in order? We are a people of preparation. We like to know the “where” and the “how.” In a way we are an advent people as a whole. Two thousand years ago, a young couple, Joseph and Mary, were doing exactly what we do. They were law-abiding, kindhearted, and obedie...

These days, I don’t find myself thinking much about heaven or hell. That surprises me. There was a time when those ideas felt urgent, even central, but now they seem distant—almost like echoes from another season of faith. What occupies my mind instead is the question of why they no longer hold my attention. I think about that more than I think about heaven or hell themselves. Perhaps it is becaus...

I often find myself scanning the horizon, waiting for a signal. In the messy uncertainty of my days, I realize how much I hunger for a sign—some grand, external validation that I am on the right path. I catch myself looking for a God who speaks in thunder, a Divine Force that will finally break through the clouds and tell me exactly what to do. But in the quiet moments of this season, I am startin...

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I notice how much our world loves what is loud. From early on, I was taught—sometimes subtly, sometimes directly—that power looks like volume, force, visibility. The strongest voice wins. The boldest leader prevails. Authority, we assume, must announce itself with certainty and strength; we see it daily. And if I am honest, I have, for a long time, thought that is how power is exercised, not reali...