• Between Epiphany 4 + 5 (Year C)

    Between Epiphany 4 + 5 (Year C)

    In gap in the lectionary, we explore what Jesus is up to before he starts calling his disciples, and think about why it matters.

  • Every opportunity to love

    Every opportunity to love

    The Presentation of Our Lord at the temple offers us another opportunity to witness others’ response to faith, to embody it with hope.

  • Peacemakers

    Peacemakers

    Episode 88 of the Make Saints podcast

  • A Salvation Sing-Along

    A Salvation Sing-Along

    In the presentation of Jesus at the Temple, we may be drawn to a vision of salvation that is more metaphor than real, present, alive.

  • Prophecy and Grace — The Presentation of Jesus in the Temple

    Prophecy and Grace — The Presentation of Jesus in the Temple

    Jesus’s visit to the temple is auspicious, amazing even. And it reveals much about where expectations will grow.

  • Amazed but not actually surprised

    Amazed but not actually surprised

    In the presentation of Jesus at the temple, we have an encounter that reveals the extent of their imagination and of God’s.

  • Why we’re afraid to listen

    Why we’re afraid to listen

    In proclaiming the year of the Lord’s favor, Jesus invites us to see, not an ideal future, but an actual, present command for life.

  • Jesus preaches a relevant sermon

    Jesus preaches a relevant sermon

    Preaching on the preaching of Jesus requires we decide whether we are the subject or the agent or the observer and we are all three.