Luke 24:13-35 This has long been one of my favorite pieces of Luke’s Gospel. Perhaps that is because I can just picture Cleopas and the other disciple walking with their heads down, trying to make sense of all that had been theirs to see and hear, especially in those last several days. We know …
Month: April 2014
Bright Red Cellophane and the Easter Promise
Matthew 28:1-10 I must have been about seven years old. We had gone to visit our Grandpa for Easter that year. I was standing in the kitchen. Although there were people all around me, the room went silent in my mind as I looked up. On the top shelf of the small closet which stood …
The Holy Grail
I Corinthians 11:23-26 They say they found the Holy Grail a few weeks ago. And it was hiding in plain sight. Now I don’t know a lot about the search for the Holy Grail. I know that it has motivated searchers for centuries by now — rooted in the time of the Legend of King …
“Humble and Mounted on a Donkey…”
Matthew 21:1-11 I find myself thinking about the donkey and her colt whichJesus rode into Jerusalem so long ago. Now let me say first that I never much thought about the donkeys before, but this time through they caught my attention and my imagination. As I have sat with them this week, I have come to know …
Let the Same Mind Be In You…
Philippians 2:5-11 If I’m honest, the poetry and cadence of these familiar words from Paul’s letter to the Philippians almost always washes over me in such a way that I tend to lose track of its powerful and practical meaning for how I live in and interact with the world. It is easy to get …