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 …
Tag: Lent 5C
Mary, Judas, Jesus, The Poor, and Me…
John 12:1-8 I have spent these last days returning to the images before us in this beautiful Gospel story again and again. As you can read below, I am still sorting out their meaning for me. I hope that my reflections might somehow be blessing to you as you do so as well. For this …
On Costly Nard and Cheap Hand Lotion
John 12:1-8 The image is still fixed in my mind. My dad was sick. We were deep into the long, hot summer after his first surgery and his recovery was, to put it simply, not going well. Several of us were home to visit. Daddy sat up in his recliner — his legs stretched out, swollen …