01012022 – John 1. 10-18 Christmas II I just hope this works on “some level.” I ask that you bear with me. Four different authors watch “an event unfold” and report back their stories to four separate and completely different audiences. The first is a fisherman. He feels the pressure of time and has to […]
12292021 – Luke 2 – Christmas I In Luke’s Gospel, the temple is the place to be. There is no place quite like it – in heaven or on earth. It is “totally other.” Luke’s story begins in the Temple, with Zechariah burning incense on the altar. He is a priest. He is merely doing […]
12262021 – (Christmas I) I like subtle twists and turns. Little things mean a lot…sometimes. I like nuances…a subtle difference or a shade of meaning, or an expression, or a sound. Something “new and different” that calls for our attention. A turn of a phrase… Something strange to “pick up […]
010420 – John 1. 10-18 The Gospel of John begins with “a lovely little poem” ABOUT Jesus that is loved and adored by a great many. It is called John’s “PROLOGUE.” IN IT – the “major themes” of John’s gospel are LAID OUT for the reader IN ADVANCE. You already know that John’s gospel […]
010120 – Matthew 2.13-23 The statistics that I am using are ten years old…but they were the latest complete figures that could be found. I am sure we are doing MUCH BETTER TODAY, NOT much better at all! We say that our children are OUR FUTURE, that they are so VERY, very important. And yet, […]
122819 – Matthew 2. 13-23 December 28th every year is the celebration of the “Slaughter of the Holy Innocents.” “Archeological historians” remind us that Bethlehem was a very small TOWN. We hear these almost “HAUNTING words…” “A voice is heard in RAMAH, lamentation, and weeping, and great mourning, Rachel weeping for HER CHILDREN and she […]