Baptism of Our Lord January 12, 2014 Matthew 3: 13-17 “What? Me baptize you? I should be coming to you?” John’s reaction to Jesus request to be baptized is pretty close to the question people have been asking for centuries. If Jesus is the Son of God; if he is […]
Are You Listening?
Transfiguration Sunday March 6, 2011 Matthew 17:1-9 We hear this astonishing story every year on the last Sunday before Lent begins. It’s a great story, but it strains our scientific, logical understanding of the world, and pitches us back into a time when people believed in miraculous occurrences. Or at least that is how they […]
Out of the Waters
Baptism of Our Lord January 9, 2011 Matthew 3:13-17 Baptism. Many of us were baptized as infants, having a bit of water splashed on our foreheads and a smear of oil. We were told that we were sealed with the Holy Spirit and marked with the cross of Christ forever. But we don’t remember. Those […]