John 12:1-8 We enter into this room today, made familiar, somehow, by those who are there. For we know these people by now… both those who are named and whose words and actions draw us closer in and those who stay in the background, watching and listening, as you and I do now. We know …
Month: March 2022
Through the Eyes of the Younger Brother…
Luke 15:1-3, 11b-32 I was in the self-checkout at the grocery store the other day when I overheard an animated conversation between two of the workers there: a young man and an older woman. I have no details as my ears tuned in late to their exchange, but what I overheard was this. He was …
But Unless You Repent…
Luke 13:1-9 I was driving to work a few days back, listening to the news for the short minutes between home and the church. Much of the news is about Ukraine these days, of course, and the report being shared was no different. In this instance, one (among millions and millions) whose world has been …
Mining the Metaphor: Jesus as a Mother Hen
Luke 13:31-35 It’s such an everyday metaphor Jesus offers now. And yet, while most of us know what a chicken is, the vast, vast majority of us (myself included) have little actual firsthand knowledge of chickens. So it was that early in the week I thought to reach out to a friend who began raising …