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Between Advent 1 + 2 (Year C)
As we move into Advent 2, our focus shifts to John the Baptist, which puts us into the strange place of skipping ahead a bit.
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Christmas as Revolution
The Christmas story in Luke offers comfort and revolution. Can we possibly offer one without offering the other?
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The Invisible Revolution
The road to Emmaus reveals the dream of God This is among the most famous walks in history. Two followers of Jesus meet a stranger on the road and walk with him, only to find out the stranger is Jesus. It’s a great metaphor for the confusion and misunderstanding of the faithful. For the ones who came…
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Literal revolutions : The flag, the killer, and a fluctuating view of how to literally “take America back”.
When I hear talk of “taking our country back” I rarely hear the voice of heroes come to save the Rebel Alliance, with Ben Kenobi as “our only hope.” I hear bigotry and division and might. I hear the faint call of the Empire coming to overtake the Republic. I have no memory of…
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Jesus is risen! Now what?
As the candles are snuffed from our Easter liturgy and the only reminders of our celebration are the mountain of candy wrappers and plastic strips approximating grass, we go back to our lives as a return to normal, as if nothing is different. And the irony is lost on us all. We go about our…
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Is there a true leader?
The first question a powerful nation must ask before going to war with another; before attempting to overthrow the leader of a sovereign nation is this: is there a truly reconciling native leader? History is full of failed leaders and failed states. Nelson Mandela and George Washington are the exceptions that prove the rule. So…
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Turning Points
a Sermon for Lent 5B Text: John 12:20-33 Turning Points On Wednesday, we talked about this pericope as a turning point. We know turning points as specific moments in time in which things change. Sometimes it is a decision we make or a decision made for us. Or perhaps it is an event in which…