liberation
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Between Proper 19 + 20 (Year B)
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6 min read
Between the predictions of the Passion, Jesus confronts a moment of failure for the disciples, helping us see our lack of focus.
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Are we prepared for this?
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5 min read
The dark prophecies in our readings kick off the season of anticipation. They also help us find the message for our moment.
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14. God cares no more for the true acts of piety than the empty if no one is made free. 10 Hear the word of the Lord, you rulers of Sodom!Listen to the teaching of our God, you people of Gomorrah! 11 What to me is the multitude of your sacrifices? says the Lord;I have had enough of burnt-offerings of rams…
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With them in the desert
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6 min read
4. God promised to be with the Hebrew people in liberation from Egypt and desert wandering. For years, I’ve been drawn to the wanderings and grumblings text in Exodus. I love it as a story all by itself. But read up against the story which immediately precedes it, It plays like absurdist drama. Imagine growing…
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Adversity and the Divine Liberator
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7 min read
There’s a seam in our story this morning. One in which, if you’ve been following along, might cause some difficulty. It’s a small thing, really. Last week, we meet Andrew and another in the gospel we call John as disciples of John the Baptist. This week, in Matthew they’re fishermen. A small matter, but significant.…
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A preacher was on vacation and came home to a flood “of Biblical proportions.” He spoke of needing to canoe out of his Louisiana house and escape the devastation. That the preacher is notorious for a sense of ill-will to many and is politically powerful gave the experience a sense of delicious irony. Proper 16C…