Lenten Reflection #40 – Holy Saturday
I noticed for the first time a turn of phrase used only by Luke to describe the disciples at the Mount of Olives on Thursday night: Jesus returns from his […]
I noticed for the first time a turn of phrase used only by Luke to describe the disciples at the Mount of Olives on Thursday night: Jesus returns from his […]
I’ve been participating in the Community Cross Walk since we first began holding it 21 years ago. The particular old wooden cross we use was originally the property of the […]
Last night at David’s study group on the Lord’s Prayer, the petition we focused our attention on was: “And lead us not into temptation.” The petition is confusing. On the […]
In yesterday’s reflection I took note of five distressing news accounts of violence I came across in the New York Times. In that same copy, I was touched by another story […]
I picked up the New York Times today, and these are the news stories that jumped out at me, reminding me that the violence and oppression that Jesus confronted in Jerusalem […]
Yesterday in worship we once again acted out Palm Sunday with the children. In preparation I got down some of the Christmas pageant costumes from the attic, which inspired me […]
So I’m sitting in my office late Saturday afternoon — the day before Palm Sunday — at a loss for what to write for my Lenten reflection. Scanning Luke’s Gospel, […]
Yesterday we looked at the high and hard calling Jesus lays out in the Sermon on the Mount for those who would follow him. Later on in Matthew’s Gospel a […]
The Lord’s Prayer is found in a section of the Gospel of Matthew known as the Sermon on the Mount (Chapters 5 – 7). Pressed by crowds of people, Jesus […]
Suffering is an inescapable part of life. Its forms are varied; there is physical pain, grief, betrayal, loneliness, addiction, injustice, and the anxiety that arises before the mystery of death. […]