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Jesus’s Leave-Taking — the Ascension and modern discipleship
The Ascension of Christ is our opportunity to reflect on our relationship to Jesus, as followers and present participants.
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The Promise — True peace, the Spirit, and actually living
Jesus makes a promise to his disciples about presence and peace that is fundamentally different than the promises of the world.
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Loving People—the practice of being more like Jesus
Returning to the Last Supper, to the scene of great anxiety and fear, Jesus delivers a message of love when they are tempted to hate.
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Too close to Jesus? — Intimacy, love, and discipleship
When the disciples run into Jesus, Peter acts like a fool, jumping into the water. Peter is the way into that feeling, to examine ourselves.
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Living beyond fear — finding joy in life by sharing peace
In the first resurrection story in John, we explore the fear of the disciples and how they separate themselves from their own mission.
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The Discipline of Easter Monday
Easter is the season of the church built on the resurrection. And hopefully we’ve spent time preparing to do the work now!
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Another Word for Joke – humor and the resurrection
There is something wonderfully humorous in the resurrection story, which reveals so much about what life itself is really about.
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The Pain of Intimacy—Receiving love from a vulnerable Jesus
The story of the Last Supper, of gathering and teaching and eating and washing feet, is about our pain and fear of intimacy.