We will recall the prophecies made and promises fulfilled in scripture and celebrate the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper.
Christ's life moves forward with purpose even if that procession leads from triumph to tragedy (and back to triumph). It is through the tragedy in the end, that true triumph…
This is the passage where Mary anoints Jesus’ feet with costly perfume. Christ praises the costly gift as Mary lavishly pours out the best she has for the One who…
The story of the Prodigal Son teaches us about loss and belonging. Christ loves younger brothers and sisters, wayward souls, people who mess up regularly and royally. He pleads with…
This passage shows Jesus’ sorrow over Jerusalem and the stranglehold of organized religion. Christ takes ridicule and threats for what they are; subordinate and in service to the purposes of…
Here, Jesus is teaching (through a strange passage about Pilate, pillars, and figs) the essential nature of repentance. Christ offers a life of flourishing and fruitfulness, an honest life, a…
This passage tells of the temptation of Jesus in the wilderness. Christ’s time of testing in the wilderness forged his resolve as both human and divine, a testing that we experience and…
Luke is the only Gospel attempting to tell us the substance of the Transfiguration conversation, saying that Moses and Elijah “were speaking of his departure, which he was about to…
What is happiness? In today’s world, happiness is consumer-driven and circumstantial. The accumulation of “stuff largely determines it.” The car we drive, the house we live in, the clothes we…