Luke 17:5-10 I was all of five years old when I became suddenly ill. My mother called the doctor who said to get me to the emergency room. My dad came home from work to get me there. I can still recall the sensation of him scooping me up in his arms and carrying me …
Month: September 2016
“God is My Help”: Seeing Lazarus
Luke 16:19-31 It seems to me that in the story before us now, the sin of the rich man begins here: He did not see Lazarus. Or at least he did not see him as more than an extension of himself and his own needs — particularly at the end. For if he had seen …
Yin Yoga and the Power of Parable
Luke 16:1-13 I tried out Yin Yoga this afternoon. Now many of you have heard me speak of my experience of yoga before. I am, perhaps, the most physically inflexible person you know. Yoga is always hard. It always hurts. Still, I keep returning to it because the stretching, the posing, the breathing, opens something …
Getting Lost and Getting Found: Joy in the Presence of the Angels!
Luke 15:1-10 I hate getting lost. For others it may be an adventure, I know, but I am one who is thrown into a state of panic when I do not recognize my surroundings. Or when I recognize my surroundings but know they are not where I am supposed to be. Indeed, I am profoundly …