Acts 1:6-14 I can certainly understand the yearning behind the disciples’ plea today as they stand on the edge of an unknown future. One cannot fully know why they accompanied Jesus all those years in the first place, but it seems to me some large part of their devotion to him must have been rooted …
Tag: Easter 7A
Glimpses of Jesus’ Intent for Us Even Now…
John 17:1-11 “Holy Father, protect them in your name that you have given me, so that they may be one, as we are one…” (John 17:11) I have had glimpses of Jesus’ hoped for unity among us in these last days. They have been fleeting and therefore, …
That They May be One… That WE May Be One…
John 17:1-11` “That they may be one…. that WE may be one…” I stood with friends on the street above listening to the heartfelt strains of Amazing Grace rising up to us from the River Walk below. Perhaps a hundred or more had made their way — crowding into the patio of the Bier Garten …
“All Mine are Yours, and Yours are Mine…”
John 17:1-11 There is a great deal before us in the words of Jesus’ prayer before us now. While there are a number of directions one could go, this section seems to be building t the same point as the following one: the unity of those who follow Jesus. Indeed, it seems to me this …