Luke 7:1-10 There are, of course, things going on in this story which we don’t see through our own cultural lens, particularly since the world Jesus lived in was ordered so much by ‘class’ in ways we may never fully understand. Recognizing my own ignorance, I know I need to wonder, for instance, why the …
Month: May 2013
A Unity Not of Our Making
John 17: 20-26 I got word on Wednesday afternoon that my old friend John would most likely die that night. His dying was not unexpected, but word of it still took my breath away. I stepped outside into the warm May sunshine to try to take it in, to put this news in its place. And …