John 6:56-69 Some of you know that I officiate a lot of funerals. Certainly for members of the congregation I serve, but also sometimes for the seemingly random one who comes to a funeral home to plan a funeral, wanting a religious service, but having no religious community to call upon. I spent time with …
Tag: Pentecost 13B
Bread and Wine, Flesh and Blood
John 6:51-58 It is an old story, this one, but one I still find myself standing still in from time to time. It came to mind in a particular way in these last days as I considered the down to earth grittiness of Jesus’ words for us this week. “Those who eat my flesh and …
Do I Choose or Am I Chosen?
Joshua 24:1-2a, 14-18John 6:56-69 “Choose this day whom you will serve…” — Joshua (Joshua 24:15) “Lord, to whom can we go? You have the words of eternal life” — Simon Peter (John 6:68) “Did I …
“You Have the Words of Eternal Life”
John 6: 56-69 “Lord, to whom can we go? You have the words of eternal life…” I almost cannot read those words without singing them. For you see, as long as I can remember I’ve been part of a community of God’s people among whom these words are sung just before the Gospel is read every …