Mark 7:24-37 Love drove her. Of course it did — an elemental, primal kind of love of a parent for a child, a mother for a daughter. Love. And, no doubt, lingering memories of a better time. And hope for all that child could be, surely would have been, had not a demon taken possession …
Month: August 2021
What Matters and What Doesn’t…
I am sharing an old blog this week as I am on vacation in the days leading up to when I would normally write. While this one was written several years ago, the questions posed seem especially timely given the opportunity we have now to sort through why we do what we do and the …
Words of Eternal Life
John 6:56-69 Some of you know that I officiate a lot of funerals. Certainly for members of the congregation I serve, but also sometimes for the seemingly random one who comes to a funeral home to plan a funeral, wanting a religious service, but having no religious community to call upon. I spent time with …
Mary’s Song in Our Time
Luke 1:46-55 There were tornadoes all around us on Monday afternoon. I was on my way home and had stopped for sweet corn when the sirens first went off. I stepped inside and bagged several ears and took them to the counter to check out. The woman working there told me she heard a funnel …
Bread and Wine, Flesh and Blood Revisited…
I have had a week where I have had to tend to urgent family matters, so I have not had a chance to reflect deeply on next week’s Gospel. As I result, I am sharing again the reflection I offered several years ago. If you are led to reflect on the giving and receiving of …
Elijah, the Get Up and Eat Angel, and God
1 Kings 19:4-8 It seems to me that Elijah under his solitary broom tree is precisely the story I need right now with the angel’s encouragement to get up and eat the simple meal laid out for him, and the reminder that the journey is just beginning. And more than this, that God is in …