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Not Alone: Maundy Thursday and the Building of Intimacy
a Sermon for Maundy Thursday Text: John 13:1-17, 31b-35 The Cup This year, it was helpful for me to remember that we have developed a different way of marking days from Jesus’s time and place. Then, the day began at dusk. So this, Jesus’s final day, has begun. He gathers His friends for dinner, for…
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Daily Reflections for Holy Week
Daily Reflections for Holy Week I’ll be producing a daily reflection for each day of Holy Week at my new blog. Go visit it or sign up for the newsletter on the signup page.
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Unbinding: emptying the tomb
a Sermon for Lent 5A Text: John 11:1-45 Preventing Death Our story is almost over. Jesus is nearing Jerusalem. And in one final, glorious act, Jesus reveals the very thing He has come to do. A big show of great, inhuman power, in which the whole purpose of the mission is revealed. For us to…
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Say Goodbye, Mr. Snow Pile
I know you were the biggest snow pile by my home in years. A mountain, really. Quite powerful and treacherous. Mighty. You lasted, and grew through the winter. And I see you are still holding out hope. Your friends have all gone. It’s just you now. Your former glory: a memory. You don’t have much left. Don’t…
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Leaving the Cave: seeing, believing, and true power
a Sermon for Lent 4A Text: John 9:1-41 Plato’s Cave In Plato’s Republic, the philosopher introduces a strange scenario in which a prisoner is trapped in a cave. The prisoner knows nothing of the world as we know it. He’s stuck in one place, staring straight ahead for a long, long time. Behind him is…
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I hear them: Lizzie and the talking dead
Lizzie claimed she could hear them speaking. They called to her. They conversed. They wanted to play tag. The frightening psychological undercurrent of “The Grove” on The Walking Dead, which I spoke to last week, still lingers with me. I was reminded again as I read this humorous reflection on the zombie church by John…
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