Luke 24. 13-35 – 04262020 On this third Sunday of Easter, we find ourselves traveling a road … that is “insanely FAMILIAR.” ALMOST every one of us, regardless of our “circumstance,” knows THIS ROAD. We have WALKED it. If we have NOT, we ONE DAY WILL. OTHERS have as well. MANY others. Lots of others. […]
04182020 – John 20. 19-31 (Easter II) Let’s talk about some of the “BAD BOYS of the BIBLE.” Only, let’s be a LITTLE BIT MORE specific. Let’s just talk about “the twelve.” Those twelve-peachy-guys-hand-selected-by Jesus, himself! Now obviously, he KNEW what he was doing! He KNEW what he was GETTING HIMSELF in TO! 12 guys! […]
04122020 – The Resurrection of Our Lord! “Life CRISES” can change us FOREVER! Many people will long remember the COVID-19 crisis and the toll that it has taken upon “OUR WORLD” in 2020. “Future generations” will be TOLD about WHAT we lived and died through. “Dramatic MOMENTS” can turn “deep sorrow” into great “JOY” that […]
04102020 – Good Friday Good Friday was STILL being “STAGED” by the JERUSALEM AUTHORITIES, the rich and the powerful, the ELITISTS. They were FLEXING THEIR ARMS and PULLING all the STRINGS in the BACKGROUND…obviously, with the help of ROME. THEY were doing THEIR thing. It was like a FINAL HURRAH! A HAIL MARY! (as it […]
04092020 – Maundy Thursday Again, John’s gospel is so very different when compared to that of the SYNOPTICS. In John, and its account, of the events at the LAST SUPPER, there is no mention of the PASSOVER MEAL, and no EUCHARISTIC verbiage whatsoever. Instead, WHAT we have IS the story of THE FOOT WASHING. It’s […]
04082020 – SPY WEDNESDAY PASSOVER is still celebrated by our Jewish brothers and sisters to this very day. It is celebrated in remembrance of THOSE EVENTS that LIBERATED them from SLAVERY in “EGYPT LAND.” “In the course of THOSE EVENTS”, they were “formed and created” as G*D’S COVENANTED, holy, CHOSEN-beloved people. And it was YHWH […]
Palm/Passion Sunday – 04042020A This is always such a TOUGH DAY. I totally get it! Some people STAY AWAY INTENTIONALLY! Those “same people” would never worship with us on GOOD FRIDAY, either! It is too GORY. Too HEAVY. Too REAL. Too SAD. Too DARK. Not at all LIGHT-HEARTED! We want NICE. We want ANTISEPTIC, STERILE, […]
03292020 – John 11. 1-45 IT IS a hard gospel to preach on sometimes…it most certainly is challenging! John’s gospel ONE MORE TIME IS DIFFERENT…very different! ONE of the problems that presents itself is this is OUR FIRST encounter with Lazarus. We DO NOT KNOW him and have NOT heard of him before this. We […]
03292020 – John 11. 1-45 IT IS a hard gospel to preach on sometimes…it It most certainly is challenging! John’s gospel ONE MORE TIME IS DIFFERENT…very different! ONE of the problems that present itself is this is OUR FIRST encounter with Lazarus. We DO NOT KNOW him and have NOT heard of him before this. […]
O3282020 – John 11. 1-45 This is about BELIEVING IN and TRUSTING. The disciples DO NOT get it. They NEVER have. And yet, it is IMPERATIVE that THEY DO. For the record here, TIME IS running out! What WILL it take? Will it take someone RISING from the DEAD? Will THAT be ENOUGH? Or, will […]