Year A – Fifth Sunday of Easter – May 18, 2014
In this part of the United States – the South – we are famous for many things. We are known, of course, for our accents. We are renowned for our “home-style country cooking.” And we are especially famous for our hospitality. People all over the U.S. are familiar with the term: “southern hospitality.” Southern hospitality […]
Read MoreYear A – Fourth Sunday of Easter.
In spite of the fact that we live in a world that increasingly confuses “wants” with “needs,” the 23rd Psalm continues to top the scriptural hit parade. “The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want!” It is a bold claim and abiding affirmation of faith. Popular from generation to generation with both young and […]
Read MoreYear A - Third Sunday of Easter
Shadowed by a storm fueled by an unholy alliance of political force and religious certainty, two travelers walked away from Jerusalem. They left behind their hopes of a new day and a better way for all people. Their aspirations had centered on Jesus. Now he was crucified, died, and buried. It was all over! Disappointed […]
Read MoreYear A – Second Sunday of Easter
The late columnist and champion of all things Southern, Lewis Grizzard, used to tell a story about his “boy-hood friend and idol” Weymann C. Wannamaker, Jr. Now I don’t come close to possessing the Southern charm and panache of Lewis, so I can’t tell the story the way he told it, but here’s the gist […]
Read MoreYear A – Easter – Resurrection of the Lord.
The Romans knew how to deal with this kind of thing. A few years back there had been a Jewish revolt led by a man named Judas whose nick-name was Maccabee. The nick-name literally meant “the Mallet-headed.” Judas and the others in what became known as the Maccabean Revolt were as hard-headed as their leader’s […]
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