Psalm 23 Mark 6:30-34, 53-56 I only have glimpses of what it is to see as Jesus did — harried as I often am even as those disciples must have been “with many coming and going and no leisure even to eat.” It is far too occasional that I am able to look at the …
Tag: Pentecost 8B
The Beheading of John: How Might This Gruesome Story Still Speak?
Mark 6:14-29 It is so that the images brought to mind by Mark’s Gospel today are gruesome in the extreme. Perhaps because of or in spite of this, one almost cannot help but be pulled into the drama playing out before us now where the scene includes: A drunken party A young girl’s (no doubt) …
Jesus: Our Peace
Ephesians 2:11-22 I certainly can’t remember a time when differences didn’t divide. In fact, this truth has come to mind in a particular way this past week-end as I have watched my beloved Chicago Cubs fall once more to the Chicago White Sox. Fans from both teams may look alike, may work or worship or …
Breaking Down the Dividing Wall…
Ephesians 2:11-22 This is an old story, but it’s one I return to over and over again. I was new in a call and still a relatively new pastor. The congregation where I was pastor had been through a tough conflict before I arrived, but I was young enough and naive enough so that I …