We will celebrate Maundy Thursday with a Tenebrae service, communion, and the Seven Last Words of Christ.
Only one human being calls Jesus "God's Son" in Mark's Gospel. Only one human being comes to that revelation on his own without any audible help from heaven. One person…
Jesus is giving his final address to his followers, his last will and testament. Greeks arrive where Jesus and disciples are gathered, find Philip, and make an extraordinary request: "Sir,…
The Isaiah passage comes on the heels of the Babylonian exile. What these exiles need to hear, what they need to know and believe, what they need to trust and…
Jesus' sermon is interrupted by a demon-possessed man. Most of us think of Sunday worship as a time of quiet and contemplation - a time of centering and serenity. And…
In Mark 1:15, Jesus proclaims: "The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God has come near; repent and believe in the good news." One can sense the urgency of…
When Joseph and Mary present Jesus to the Lord in Jerusalem, they dedicate this child's life to God signifying that the child Jesus will be "holy to the Lord" (Luke…
Elizabeth's impossible situation and wonder at what the Lord has done for her sets us up for Mary's equally incredulous story. The angel responds to Mary's wonderment with those stirring…
If the church said, "Christ is ruler of the church (and only, the church)," then we could say that, though his kingdom is small, it is growing. But the church…