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 …
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A Single Grain: Dying for the Sake of Life…
John 12:20-33 “Unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains just a single grain; but if it dies, it bears much fruit.” (John 12:23) “Those who love their life lose it, and those who hate their life in this world will keep it for eternal life.” (John 12:25) I have …
Dying and Living and a Late Winter’s Cold
John 12:20-33 I came down with a cold two days after Ash Wednesday this year. I confess to feeling a little smug that it had not taken me down earlier. Well, maybe not exactly smug — but certainly grateful and surprised. Everyone around me had fallen to the nasty germ and somehow I had escaped. …
When Dying Means Living…
John 12:20-33 Some of you will recall that I began an exercise class in January. The first week I hurt all the time. And I do mean all the time. Oh, it didn’t hit right away. In fact, that first day I drove my hour’s commute to work feeling rather proud of myself and a little smug, thinking …