John 3:1-17 A couple of days back I stopped at the cemetery. Fifteen years after he died we finally got around to getting a Veteran’s marker for my dad’s grave. Perhaps you know what I’m talking about — the kind you simply push into the ground that holds a flag. I stopped by as I …
Month: May 2012
The Baghdad Breeze and the Power of the Holy Spirit
Acts 2:1-21 There are so many images in this week’s Pentecost account that I find my imagination running in a couple of different directions. One is to dwell in the power and wonder of the Holy Spirit as portrayed for us in wind and flame. The other is to ponder the miracle of differences overcome …
Oneness
John 17:6-19 “Holy Father, protect them in your name so that they may be one as we are one.” (John 17:11) The unity Jesus speaks of here is all too rare it seems to me. I’m tempted to say that’s a rather recent phenomenon, but I know better. Whether it’s in the church or in …
Of Supermoons and Loving One Another
John 15:9-17 As I write, I’m told we had a ‘supermoon’ this week-end. My understanding is that a ‘supermoon’ occurs when in its full moon stage, the moon passes as close to the earth as it possibly can, making it appear to be significantly larger than it usually does. It’s always the same size of …