John
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On John and his specialness
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5 min read
In celebrating the Feast of St. John, we are invited into an elaborate depiction of faith which combines multiple figures into one.
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Between Lent 3 & 4 (Year A)
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6 min read
After the woman at the well, Jesus gets rebellious at home, drives a wedge between his followers, and takes on the leaders.
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As We Are One
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3 min read
As We Are One (Day 4 of A Simple Lent) When Jesus describes unity of relationship, it gets a little complicated. Reading John, one can get tied up in knots around who is “in” whom. And yet the image is quite captivating. The presence of you within me and me within you. This isn’t the language…
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What If the Church Believed in Eternal Life?
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4 min read
When Jesus speaks of eternal life, he isn’t talking about forever. Many of us learn this in seminary or when we read books about scripture. That this phrase Jesus uses*, “eternal life” doesn’t mean what we think it means. Or to be more precise, doesn’t communicate only the narrow understanding we take it for. The…
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A Parting Gift
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5 min read
a Sermon for Easter 6C Text: John 14:23-29 Jesus the Rambler In the gospel we call John, Jesus is a rambler. Again this week we are in the farewell discourse that runs through chapters 13-16. It is Thursday of Holy Week and Jesus is giving the final teachings. And He seems to have slipped into…
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Being the Millstone Church (Eating Scripture)
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2 min read
Eating Mark 9:38-50 Last week, Jesus foretold His death for the second time. And the for the second time, the disciples don’t get it. No surprise there. For me, this was always a given. From the first time I really heard Peter get rejected by Jesus for getting out of line to the first conscious recognition…