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Between: Luke 13:18-14:6
A look at the gaps in the lectionary. This week: the gap between Proper 16C and Proper 17C. The text: Luke 13:18-14:6 Jesus’s trip to the synagogue last week introduces an interesting power dynamic. Jesus heals a woman, knowing he’s not supposed to. Today, if Jesus were a priest in The Episcopal Church, he’d be…
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I’m having a good Christmas!
I walk into Starbucks. Set my bag on a chair and remove the lid from my refillable cup and set it on a tall table to save my spot. Then get in line. There, I fumble with my phone to bring up my membership app. I want to be ready to pay for my iced…
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Those Who Followed Were Afraid
The disciples have been following Jesus for a long time. They covered their home area, down to the Jordan, back up to Caesarea Philippi and now they are heading to Jerusalem. But then Jesus started to get weird. He started talking about death. His death. He started talking about what is to come and I’ve…
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Of the World
Of the World (Day 3 of A Simple Lent) “They do not belong to the world, just as I do not belong to the world.” One of the temptations for the Christian is to develop an “Us vs. Them” mindset. We have seen this during those fights over so-called religious freedom. We see this when we…
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Coming Home
The Spirit which came upon him and moved him to go into the desert. Now within him. No disciples yet. Just the Spirit. Jesus returns with one heck of a sermon Epiphany 3C | Luke 4:14-21 The first sermon For as powerful as his storytelling and rhetoric is, if this is an example of Jesus’s preaching,…
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Blessed To Make Peace
For our darkest hours Jesus gives us a vision of the Kingdom of GOD and the blessed community. When Jesus saw the crowds, he went up the mountain; and after he sat down, his disciples came to him. Then he began to speak, and taught them, saying ‘Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the…
