Temptation and sin are a tricky business. Their effects last well beyond the encounter with the tempter and prompt us to examine just where our hearts, love, and devotion are placed.
Mountaintop experiences are glorious, empowering, and wonderful. How do we navigate, survive, and live out our Christian vocation in the valleys between those peaks?
Jesus is deeply concerned with the well-being of all people. Jesus casts it as a mutual responsibility. The kingdom of God is a place where all flourish because
of their loving cooperation, not some at the expense of others.