Philippians 2:5-11 I know these words by heart by now, which is why, I expect, I find myself pausing in them again once more this year. For it had been a busy week and I found myself alone on a quiet drive home late the other afternoon. I had forgotten to bring a copy of …
Tag: Palm/Passion Sunday
Matthew’s Passion: A Reflection Companion for Holy Week
Matthew 27:11-54 As I sit with Matthew’s Passion, my imagination is captured this time through by the various characters who populate the familiar scene before us now. In fact, I’m considering how we might pause together during this Holy Week with each and all of them. There is Pilate, of course, who appears wholly reluctant …
The Mind of Christ
Philippians 2:5-11 I sat down with a group of leaders in a congregation a few months ago. This particular place, like many, has had its share of struggles. Indeed, those people who had come together that night shared that the congregation as a whole just wasn’t very ‘nice.’ They were, by then sitting on fifty …
“Humble and Mounted on a Donkey…”
Matthew 21:1-11 I find myself thinking about the donkey and her colt whichJesus rode into Jerusalem so long ago. Now let me say first that I never much thought about the donkeys before, but this time through they caught my attention and my imagination. As I have sat with them this week, I have come to know …
Let the Same Mind Be In You…
Philippians 2:5-11 If I’m honest, the poetry and cadence of these familiar words from Paul’s letter to the Philippians almost always washes over me in such a way that I tend to lose track of its powerful and practical meaning for how I live in and interact with the world. It is easy to get …
“The Successful Completion of the Mission…”
Luke 22:14-23:56 “The successful completion of the mission was never seriously in doubt.” His grown children were quoting their dad as we sat and planned his memorial service. Apparently this was his signature line, one they heard so often that when they spoke of him they also spoke this in unison. Without a doubt, as they …