06012022 – John 17. 20-26 It’s all about “the RELATIONSHIP,” I tell you. It NEEDS to be “MUTUAL.” It needs to be HEARTFELT. It’s kind of like a “covenant.” Especially in the Hebrew “biblical sense” of its meaning, it seems like everything is based on “the idea” of a COVENANT in the Hebrew Bible. A […]
05282022 – John 17. 20-26 (Memorial Day Weekend!) John’s gospel is “hard.” It is not “an easy” gospel to preach … In this Gospel, Jesus is praying to the Father. We “for our parts” are voyeurs. We see. We hear. We lean in, to catch his every word. We “try to listen carefully.” It […]
05212022 – John 14. 23-29 No one said coming out of a “world-wide pandemic” would be “a cakewalk” for anyone. There are still a lot of “unknowns” and a lot of “uncertainty.” The “1918 influenza pandemic” was “the most severe pandemic in recent history.” It was caused by an H1N1 virus with genes of “avian […]
05182022 – John 13. 31-35 I have not seen a movie in a theatre in – I do not know how long. I would be lying, if I said I did. But I do read, every day and with some additional luck, every night, as well. I do check out movie trailers online. I am […]
05142022 – John 13. 31-35 If you are in a liturgical church, your heart and your mind races back in time to HOLY WEEK. You are reminded of SPY WEDNESDAY and MAUNDY THURSDAY. You remember “that commandment to love” from there…John’s gospel. Now, during the Season of Easter we are being reminded of it again, […]
05112022 – John 10. 22-30 I am not sure “WHY” there are not more sermons on this particular promise. And, WHAT AN AWESOME PROMISE, it is! Maybe people find it “UNCOMFOTABLE.” I dunno. Maybe it puts YOUR “FAITH on the line.” “Perhaps” they DO NOT BELIEVE in “the words”…or they find it to be too […]
5072022 – John 10.22-30 Jesus was not always “Captain Obvious.” He was not always as clear as he could be. He did seem to speak in riddles. He answered questions with questions. He loved teaching in parables… He did speak philosophically from time to time. And sometimes, he did leave his audiences baffled and confused…and […]
05042022 – John 22. 19-31 A whole lot of people THINK that they are “DEFINED” by their past…and who THEY WERE, or WHAT they REPRESENTED, at one time! It has been said, that either we “IGNORE the past” or “we CHOOSE to live in it and dwell in our past.” Some people never let go […]
04302022 – John 21. 1-19 Mark writes hastily the MEMOIRS and the STORIES from Peter to establish the FIRST gospel format. Matthew writes for a decidedly HEBRAIC audience. Luke attempts a more “accurate account” to be published for the GENTILE world. AND THEN, there is John. He has the leisure to do his “own thing.” […]
04232022 – John 20. 19-31 This is important to note. It’s been ONE WEEK since Easter, ONE WEEK since the all the CHAOS, EXCITEMENT, and DRAMA erupted, one week since the EMPTY TOMB was first discovered, one week since OUR FIRST “Alleluia” echoed and called forth a new liturgical season of the church year. It […]