Luke 14:1, 7-14 In my experience it’s not all that often in our culture that we encounter such a formal situation that we know what it means to be ‘moved up higher.’ As in the time of Jesus, at wedding receptions perhaps. And on airplanes. My station in life has meant that I’ve never been …
Month: August 2013
Jesus, the Bent Over Woman and a Pastor Who is Still Learning…
Luke 13:10-17 The story we hear today is one we can’t help but feel deeply, it seems to me. To hear of a woman who has been unable to stand up straight for eighteen years is to begin to feel how her every waking moment must have been marked by physical pain. To understand that …
Not Peace But Division
Luke 12:49-56 The words of Jesus are hard to hear today….and yet I have learned that what he points to, while painful, often simply is. And so it is that the story I share now still lies close to my heart — never mind that the memory is nearly 40 years old, it still pains …
Old Faithful and the Waiting Slaves
Luke 12:32-40 I ventured into Yellowstone National Park for the first time last week. I flew into Jackson Hole late on Monday and out early on Friday, so my time there was short. I traveled there to participate in a retreat so most of my time was taken and I wasn’t able to linger long …