John 20:19-31 It came across my news feed this week. A young friend from another time and place is in distress. I would not venture to offer the multiple causes of her worry, however there was this. An older friend suggested she might think about coming back to church for the support of God’s people …
Month: March 2016
Thin Places: Finding Words for the Mystery of Easter
Luke 24:1-12 It was such a tender time for us then — still, even after a couple of years since his dying. Oh, the surprise of it had worn off some, this is true. And the grief was not so raw. Even so, with every joy and every struggle we could not help but wonder …
This Dying: We Could Do No Better Than This
John 18:1-19:42 We took our confirmation youth to the funeral home a few weeks back. It is a long standing tradition in our congregation — one surely made easily possible by the fact that an active member has been the owner of a local funeral home for many years. As you can imagine, this gives …
The Donkey: A Subversive Choice?
Luke 19:28-40 I have written of the colt — or donkey — which Jesus rode into Jerusalem in this space before. You can find my thoughts here at: Humble and Mounted on a Donkey. As you can tell from the title, my thoughts a few years ago focused on Jesus’ humility as he rode into Jerusalem. …
The Anointing
John 12:1-8 It was some years ago now that I went to call on a man who was in his last hours of hospice care. I made my way in through the side door into the kitchen for his hospital bed was blocking the front entry. When I entered I found his wife of 60 …