04122023 – Matthew 28. 9-15a When the prefix “DIS” is used at the beginning of a word, it means “none” or “not.” It is considered to be a “negative prefix.” When we add “DIS” to the beginning of a word, we give it “the opposite meaning.” I am thinking of a word like to dis- […]

04092023 – Matthew 1-10 How do you get the Easter Bunny to stay longer than just today? You raise his celery! What happens if you fall in love on Easter Sunday? You live hoppily ever after! How does Easter end? With an “r!” Why don’t you see dinosaurs at Easter time? Cuz their eggs-stinct! Ok, […]

04092023a – Matthew 28. 1-10 I think it helps to be a dog lover to appreciate this story: A woman looked out of her window and saw her ever-faithful German shepherd shaking the life out of her neighbor’s rabbit. The horror of horrors… Her family did not get along well with these neighbors, so this […]

04012023 – Matthew 27.11-54 I want you to understand why there was a great deal of legitimate concern as Jesus approached the city of Jerusalem. To begin with, the “High Holy Days” were quickly approaching. Preparations were now in full swing. Jerusalem would be teeming with religious pilgrims in a matter of hours. The city […]

04082023 – Holy Saturday Holy Saturday is considered by some to be “the forgotten day” amidst Holy Week. We are hard-pressed to explain what happened on that first Holy Saturday. Christians remember the institution of the Eucharist and the foot washing and the stripping of the church on Holy Thursday. For sure they recall the […]

04072023 – Good Friday The High Holidays in Jerusalem. Everything is AT THE READY. All too soon the words will ring out, “NEXT YEAR IN JERUSALEM” and the festivities will come to an end. Shalom. It happens so quickly, it is hard to take it all in…the TEMPLE, the WORSHIP, the SACRIFICES, the SHOPS, the […]

04062023 – Maundy Thursday Hundreds and hundreds of years before the birth of Jesus, the prophets wrote that the Messiah would be “a servant.” Isaiah or his scribe, scribbled the words, “See, my servant, my Chosen One, in whom I delight.” Isaiah, the prophet, became NOTORIOUS for his depiction of “a suffering servant.” The question […]

April 5th, 2023 Spy Wednesday If we NEVER acted treacherously, if we have NEVER ever thrown anyone under a bus if we have NEVER lied or schemed, if we NEVER gossiped or abandoned any of our friends and acquaintances, if we NEVER acted deceptively, or played the role of informant if we are ABOVE backstabbing, […]

03292023 – John 11. 1-45 You know me, I love to do research. I have an inquiring mind. I love finding stuff. Her heart had stopped beating and she was no longer breathing. Janina Kolkiewicz was declared dead. At 91 years old, she had lived a long life. But she “was not about” to stop […]