Mark 16:1-8 Many of you will know that for most of the years I have been a pastor, I have started Easter Day in a cemetery. Anymore I rather delight in the shocked looks which sometimes cross the faces of others when they hear this. But the truth is, I have always heard the Easter …
Month: March 2021
The Easter Mystery
Mark 16: 1-8 I was visiting with a friend a few days ago. She asked how I felt about the week ahead. I replied that Maundy Thursday and Good Friday seemed to be well in hand. However, I had not yet begun to think about what to offer on Easter. And she replied, “Well, Easter …
Whispering Hosanna…
Mark 11:1-11 We will have missed two Palm Sundays all together in one place now. Many of you are ahead of us in terms of coming together in person for worship, I know. If things keep moving forward in the best way, soon we will join you in that. We are not there yet, however, …
On Seeds and Growth and Death and Life and Seeing Jesus: Standing in the Mystery
John 12:20-33 Truth be told, I am just standing still in the mystery this week. Wondering how it is that some see Jesus and others simply can’t yet. And about this tenuous chain of witnesses from Philip to Andrew and finally to Jesus. Wondering how it is that a seed actually works… and why it …
God’s Invitation: On Light and Lightness
John 3:14-21 Now I know all the arguments for not equating darkness with ‘evil.’ I agree with them and I have carried my deep awareness with me as I write today. It’s just that these words from John speak of light and darkness, which I also understand as lightness and heaviness today. So forgive me …