03312021 – Maundy Thursday Maundy Thursday offers to us a gospel that purposefully turns everything on its ear. And intentionally so. The mandate, “the mandatory thing” Jesus tells us to do in this passage is this: “I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you […]
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Spy Wednesday
SPY WEDNESDAY 03302021 – Wednesday went quietly…along its merry way. Too quietly…it seemed like a drama-free-day…at least so far. With the previous three days “awash in drama” – lots of drama — Sunday’s triumphal albeit a little bit embarrassing entry into the Holy City, Monday’s fiasco of a temple cleansing, and Tuesday’s temple […]
Sunday of the Passion
03272021 – Sunday of the Passion Mark is the best. Hands down. Historically closest to the actual events. Traditionally, he is writing the memoirs for Peter – so that the historical record is not lost…but retained. Peter was present for all the most important events in Jesus’ life and ministry. Like in […]
John 12:20-33
03242021 – John 12. 20-33 Lent 5B This is all about “Jesus’ hour.” It is a “big thing” in the Gospel of John. Jesus knows “his hour” is coming. He “waits for it.” Like, the disciples wait for the coming of the Spirit at Pentecost. It is “a kairos moment.” A fifty-cent-Greek-word that […]
John 12:20-33
03202021 – John 12.20-33 Lent 5B People DO NOT understand THE TIMELINE: As the gospel opens, we meet Jesus, six days before he was going to die. He KNEW it was coming. He SENSED it was coming. He FELT it looming over him. It was “SO CLOSE” he could almost taste it. […]
John 3:14-22
03172021 – John 3. 14-22 Lent 4B Our Gospel text for this evening – happens to contain what has been called “the greatest verse IN ALL THE BIBLE.” People “in the know” – tell me it is “the best LOVED” and “THE BEST-KNOWN” of all verses. There are only 25 words in this verse […]
John 3 14-21
03132021 – Jn3.14-21 Lent IVB I tried my best, NOT to talk about “LOVE.” I do not like sweet, schmalzy, syrupy messages. BUT no matter how hard I tried…I always came back to LOVE. As if, someone NEEDS to hear this. Someone NEEDS to be REMINDED. Someone, somewhere, maybe (HERE) or perhaps (watching at […]
John 2:13-22
03062021 – John 2. 13-22 Let’s talk about Jerusalem and the Temple and Passover. You do realize Passover was “a big deal.” The population of the Holy City would actually “quadruple” as people made their way to the Holy City. It was THE MOST IMPORTANT festival of the year. Passover lasts for […]
Mark 8:31-38
03032021 – Mark 8. 31-38 In a lot of ways Peter is us and we are Simon Peter. The guy is so easy to relate to. Peter could be clueless. He DID NOT know everything. I will be the first to admit it and acknowledge it, I am clueless about a great many […]
Mark 8:31-38 Lent 2B
O2272021 – Mk 8.31-38 Lent 2B The disciples and those people listening to Jesus… Would have heard “things” differently than WE DO TODAY. When JESUS spoke about “taking up your cross, and following him,” they knew EXACTLY what he was referring to… Their IMAGES would have been engrained in their “collective consciousness.” “NEVER FORGET” […]