3rd Sunday after Epiphany January 25, 2015 Mark 1:14-20 We had quite a long discussion about these very verses last week after listening in Philip Ruger-Jones recite the first chapter of the Gospel of Mark. We imagined the picture of Jesus walking along the lakeshore and just snapping his fingers, asking these fishermen to […]
Questions in the Dark
2nd Sunday in Lent March 9, 2014 John 3: 1-17 This story contains what may be the most famous Bible passage of our day. We see it inscribed on signs held up between the goal posts at major football games and at the finish lines of marathons. We’ve seen and heard it in […]
God’s Longing
5th Sunday in Lent March 25, 2012 John 12: 20-33, and Jeremiah 31:31-34 “As the deer longs for the water, so my soul longs after you. You alone are my heart’s desire and I long to worship you.” These words we’ve been singing for weeks now come from Psalm 42. Not only is it […]
Who Do You Trust?
8th Sunday after Epiphany February 27, 2011 Matthew 6:24-34 January of 2004 found me in Mexico City fulfilling my “Cross-Cultural Experience.” Seminary students were required to spend 120 hours in another culture. I was terrified. I was going to meet the poor and it scared me to death. I had struggled long and hard as […]