Wednesday, February 28, 2018
Mark 4:21-34 ‘The kingdom of God is as if someone would scatter seed on the ground, and would sleep and rise night and day, and the seed would sprout and grow, he does not know how. – Mark 26-27 I remember when my daughter first learned to read. It happened quite...
Tuesday, February 27, 2018
John 2:13-22 This Sunday we will hear the familiar story of Jesus driving the moneychangers and merchants out of the Temple. This is the year of Mark in the lectionary but we get John’s version, which differs from the version in the synoptic gospels in some...
Monday, February 26, 2018
Lord of Light, Come. Burst into this heart. Burst into this community. Burst into this world. Lord of Light, Come. Open my eyes to the beauty surrounding me. Open my eyes to the smiles of a stranger. Open my eyes to the love of friends found in shared meals and...
Sunday, February 25, 2018
Second Week in Lent Get Behind Me, Peter: Forgiving Unconditionally Almost every week I find the voice of the Spirit by browsing, the Lectionary, the Daily Office readings, or pondering a sermon or some incident in life. This time it is a confluence of many words and...
Saturday, February 24, 2018
In the lectionary readings from the Torah, we skip right from Noah to Abram with no explanation in between. If you are a new Christian or don’t know much about the Bible it may seem like a random collection of stories. Who are these people, and where do they...
Friday, February 23, 2018
In the last several weeks, the world has been watching young athletes from many countries compete in various winter sporting events. The young people have trained hard, and they have worked long hours to earn their place on their countries’ Olympic teams. Each person...
Thursday, February 22, 2018
One of my friend’s writes personal essays. Today he titled his ‘When the roll is called up yonder, or queer confessions of an ex-evangelical’. Even before I read his essay the song When the Roll is Called Up Yonder started playing in my head and...
