Romans 13:8-14 It is now the moment to wake from sleep. Now. For the day is near. The time of darkness is coming to an end. And it is time to live like this is so. I have always loved both the promise and the inherent urgency of these words. Never mind that Paul’s sense …
Month: August 2020
Bearing Our Crosses and Bearing Witness to One Another…
Matthew 16:21-28 I’m afraid that I come to this today with more questions than answers. Indeed, it seems I have been grappling with these particular words of Jesus my whole life long — or at least since the first time I sat down with a Greek New Testament and word by word, phrase by phrase, …
“On This Rock…”
Matthew 16:13-20 “You are Peter. And on this rock I will build my church.” And the debate goes on, doesn’t it. What or who was Jesus pointing to when he uttered these words? Was it, in fact, Peter himself as some of our friends from different traditions have long understood or was it the the …
God’s Vision: So Much Larger Than Ours!
Matthew 15:20-28 I find myself looking back now on other times when I have grappled with the very difficult words before us now. You are welcome to do the same. I imagine you will also discover that in many ways my struggle with Jesus in this story has not changed: A Mother’s Cry Holy Surprise: …
Jesus Walking Toward Us In This Storm…
Matthew 14:22-33 If the story of the disciples at sea battered by wind and wave is not a story which speaks to our circumstance today, I surely do not know what is. Indeed, I have said more than once to more than one trusted listener that every decision is hard these days. Every single one. …