Disciples
People seem pretty worried about getting it right --
22/Jul/2010 22:32 Filed in: Inspiration
People seem pretty worried about getting it right -- the lawyer who tests Jesus, Martha demanding help, and this week we have the disciples asking Jesus, “Teach us to pray.” As Luke tells it, they’ve seen Jesus pray and they ask him to teach them how to do it. They want to get it right. And we have been bickering about correct wording ever since.
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So, if gospel means “good news,” how come we find more hard words in our reading from Luke this Sunday?!
24/Jun/2010 06:21 Filed in: Inspiration
Jesus is talking to the disciples as the journey toward Jerusalem and his passion, death, and resurrection. He’s asking them to follow him. This is his sales pitch?! “…nowhere to lay his head.” “…(Not) fit for the kingdom of God.” Read More...
I absolved my friend yesterday of making rude gestures at another driver.
13/May/2010 18:49 Filed in: Inspiration
There is an incredible amount of life unfolding in our community right now: warm, joyful news of birthdays and budding romance and cancer in remission, of graduations and project completion and pregnancy… and heavy, heart-breaking news of isolation and terminal cancer and divorce, of the sundry human failures… not to mention the normal, day-to-day exhaustion and heroics of existence together… Life is full.
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I listened to parents at the baseball game last night:
06/May/2010 18:45 Filed in: Inspiration
I listened to parents at the baseball game last night: “Bring it down, Nick!” when the pitch flew over the batter’s head… “Get it to him, Dillon!” as the catcher’s return throw dropped midway between home plate and the pitcher’s mound… Read More...
God who made the stars, galaxies, suns and this fragile earth
22/Apr/2010 20:55 Filed in: Inspiration
To think that our God will wipe away the tears of those who come out of the great ordeal is an awesome thought. Humbling. Read More...
I wonder if they winced. The other disciples.
08/Apr/2010 15:07 Filed in: Inspiration
I wonder if they winced. The other disciples. There they were in the upper room, the doors closed when Jesus appeared again. “Peace.” Read More...
Your vestry articulated some of the core values of Epiphany
12/Nov/2009 20:16 Filed in: Inspiration
In a recent ministry review, your vestry articulated some of the core values of Epiphany. Integrity and excellence and faithfulness, I expected. Playfulness and authenticity seemed apt. But vulnerability was an eye-opener. It rang true. Read More...