Year B - Third Sunday of Easter
Imagine for a moment that someone was going to write your biography. This is going to be the comprehensive authoritative story of your life. What stories are they going to tell? I got to thinking about that question this past week. There are some details that someone would have to include in my life story—if […]
Read MoreYear B - Second Sunday of Easter
I have to confess, I miss it! (I’m not sure Anita does, but I do!) I miss the good old days of grocery store news! There, while you are waiting for the lady that has 58 items to find that coupon for $.25 off the price of detergent, trying to keep your calm, you secretly […]
Read MoreYear B – Easter – Resurrection of the Lord
That is what we came for, isn’t it? Hallelujah! We came to hear and to sing “Christ the Lord is Risen Today, Alleluia!” This is the day of the church year when we really celebrate, when we just let go and make a joyful noise unto the Lord! Hallelujah! Lent is over! We don’t have […]
Read MoreLectionary Year B – Liturgy of the Palms
Brian was one of my best friends in high school. He had one sibling, a brother named Eric, about four years younger than us. Brian, Eric and their parents, Mike and Denise, were members of the same church as my family in Abilene, Texas. In the early morning hours of September 1998, Eric drove down […]
Read MoreYear B – Fifth Sunday in Lent
“Remember you are dust, and to dust you shall return.” (Genesis 3:19 NRSV) If your church had an Ash Wednesday service, you probably heard these words before receiving ashes in the sign of the cross on your forehead. Perhaps you haven’t heard these words before. The verse comes from Genesis chapter three and Christians often […]
Read MoreYear B – Fourth Sunday in Lent
The story from the Hebrew Bible this week comes from Numbers. We find the Israelites wandering in the wilderness under Moses’ leadership. After 400 years they are delivered from slavery in Egypt but they are discontent and begin complaining about their situation. “And the people spoke against God and against Moses, ‘Why have you brought […]
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