Revelation 21:1-6 I suppose it is not surprising that I am accustomed to mostly hearing these words at funerals, as often as not in my own voice: sometimes strong, sometimes faltering. For surely this is a powerful and no doubt, timely, word on such days when we do so very much need to hear the …
Tag: Easter 5C
All Things New
Revelation 21:1-6 I spent a little time in my commentaries this week. I confess, I don’t always, but somehow there was time and space to do so this time through. I thought to spend a little extra time in the second lesson from Revelation, for it is so familiar and so very loved. In particular, …
If We Have Love For One Another
John 13:31-35 This last Sunday night we spent some time thinking about forgiveness with our confirmation youth. Specifically, we were focusing in on the petition of the Lord’s Prayer where we pray, “Forgive us our sins as we forgive those who sin against us.” To bring the learning home, one of the exercises we shared …
Loving One Another
John 13:31-35 I was standing in a hospital room many years ago now. It was during one of a dozen such stays after my dad’s first heart surgery. A group of friends from his church had come to see him. As I remember it, they stood awkwardly around his hospital bed, fumbling for words to …