a series of reflections based on this online stations of the cross In this station we are invited again to consider who we know who is struggling, and how we can support or encourage them. While not directly in the Gospel accounts of Jesus, the narrator shares a passage from… Continue reading
a series of reflections based on this online stations of the cross I grew up with this song as the re-enactment of this part of the story. Simon is an innocent bystander, in the city of Jerusalem to sacrifice his lamb for Passover, and gets called into this grand narrative… Continue reading
a series of reflections based on this online stations of the cross experience. This is the first station that doesn’t connect specifically with a situation in scripture, but has been part of church tradition for a long time. And isn’t that true–that there are things that this story of Jesus does and… Continue reading
The first of a series of reflections based on this online stations of the cross experience. “Then Pilate said to him, “Do you not hear how many accusations they make against you?” But (Jesus) gave them no answer, not even to a single charge, so that the governor was greatly… Continue reading
“But if I’ve learned anything in this journey…it’s that Sunday morning sneaks up on us–like dawn, like resurrection, like the sun that rises a ribbon at a time… Church isn’t some community you join or some place you arrive. Church is what happens when someone taps you on the shoulder… Continue reading
1st Sunday of Advent: Isaiah 2:1-5 Many people shall come and say, “Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob; that he may teach us his ways and that we may walk in his paths.” For out of Zion… Continue reading
Ephesians 1:17-19 (as part of the Epistle Reading for 11/3/2019) 17 I pray that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you a spirit of wisdom and revelation as you come to know him, 18 so that, with the eyes of your heart enlightened, you may know… Continue reading
For he is our peace; in his flesh he has made both groups into one and has broken down the dividing wall, that is, the hostility between us… In him the whole structure is joined together and grows into a holy temple in the Lord; in whom you also are… Continue reading
As I reflect on Christ the King Sunday (this past Sunday), I find myself pondering the words to the hymn we sang in church: “Though some would make their greatness felt and lord it over all, you said the first must be the last and service be our call. O… Continue reading
I recently attended a Christian music concert that left me with some thoughts: There is something super-powerful about a corporate gathering of people singing about a shared set of beliefs and values. I’m not a huge fan of large concerts…my preference would almost always be acoustic music in a much… Continue reading