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Is Jerusalem the only place a prophet isn’t safe?
Jesus describes Jerusalem as the city that kills its prophets, and it forces us to deal with the brutal nature of national power.
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The Means Are the Ends—for Lent 1C
In the temptation in the wilderness, we get to see the challenge of power — not for Jesus exactly, but for every one of us instead.
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The power we won’t acknowledge
The relationship between the pursuit of control in our lives is also the pursuit of power over others and our environment, even our faith.
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In their confusion, a voice — for Epiphany Last C
The Transfiguration is a big, bold event, full of bombast, but present are disciples who are confused and frustrated. Much like we are.
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Transfigured — We are more than what we look like
The appearance and substance of Jesus is too often treated as separate, and relating to matter rather than our experience of him.
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What good is love?—for Epiphany 7C
In the command to love, we are invited into a relationship that is neither weak nor stuck, but full of fidelity and life-affirming grace.
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Conviction and turning the other cheek
There is a certain depiction in US culture that the command to love is weak, but it is actually the primary building block of protest.
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Blessings and Woes—for Epiphany 6C
In the sermon on the plain, Jesus outlines a relationship to the Kin-dom that is based, not on virtue, but on our relationship to others.