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The Temptation (Lent 1A)
Wrestling with the Temptation of Jesus in the Wilderness, we can’t escape the story is about power and control.
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Is He Tempted? (a reflection)
The story of Jesus’s temptation in the wilderness is an invitation to examine our own relationship with power.
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Between – the Transfiguration and the Temptation
As we prepare for Lent, the lectionary will have us jump back to Matthew 4, for the temptation: which reverberates everywhere.
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Our Temptation
The devil tempts Jesus in the wilderness with power. The question is what power are we tempted to claim for ourselves?
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Not Tempted
We read something into the Temptation in the Desert. That Jesus is being tempted by the devil. I don’t think it fits.
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With Him In the Wilderness
Jesus’s time in the wilderness reminds us that there is more to our lives than temptation and desire. We are seeking purpose.
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We Are Called Disciples
In Matthew 4, we see how Jesus redefines discipleship in light of power and the greatest threat to all of humanity: the desire for supremacy.
