John 15:9-17 I picked up my guitar one evening last week. I bought it several years ago with a tax refund, remembering how I always wanted to learn to play. I pulled it out a few times early on, closely watching some on line videos to teach myself how to hold my fingers on the …
Month: April 2018
The Vine and Branches: On Music, Microbes and Memory
John 15:1-8 As I was driving across town this morning with a whole host of thoughts competing for my attention, this song came on the radio. “Pray” is performed by Sam Smith. As you can hear, the lyrics tell a story as old as time itself. It is a song of repentance and of yearning …
Those Other Sheep…
John 10:11-18 I have often wondered about those ‘other sheep’ to whom Jesus refers today. Specifically, who are they? And why does Jesus make it a point to mention them at all? In the midst of comforting words about his identity as the ‘good shepherd;’ Just before the promise that this shepherd would lay down …
Also Witnesses: Living in the Power of Forgiveness
Luke 24:36b-48 Not long ago I saw first hand how forgiveness can make all the difference. The sort of forgiveness which is the very heart of Jesus’ sending words for the disciples and for all of us today. But first, pause with me in the story itself… For it is so that we find ourselves …