05172020 – Jn. 14. 15-21 Our Gospel lesson for this morning takes us BACK IN TIME. This year YOU COULD NOT BE PRESENT for the celebration. The sanctuary was EMPTY. The day was called, “MAUNDY Thursday” or “HOLY Thursday” of HOLY WEEK. We were ALONE, here, in the sanctuary. On the FLOOR before the […]
05102020 – John 14. 1-14 (Mother’s Day Weekend) – Easter 5 The disciples were DISTRAUGHT. It seems to me they are portrayed as being OFTEN “confused and anxious.” They were “constantly concerned” about “way too many things…” THEREFORE, they easily became “distracted, flustered, and worried,” DOES THIS SOUND LIKE anybody WE […]
05032020 – John 10. 1-10 Just in the way of some background info…young Hebrew boys of the first century would memorize THE ENTIRE TORAH. Yep, the COMPLETE books of Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy. And they would be TESTED on it, too! And you thought MY CONFIRMATION classes WERE challenging or hard! All Hebrew […]
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! […]