The Gospel of John is the most sensual of all Gospels. It requires us to use all of our faculties to discern its meaning. Throughout most of the gospel we have to use our eyes. Jesus is the light of the world. In him was life and the life was light, and the light shines… Read more »
In the beginning when God created the heavens and the earth, the earth was a formless void. Darkness covered the face of the deep and God’s spirit hovered over the waters. Then God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light, and God saw the light and it was good. Day after day God’s… Read more »
Much like Jesus’ betrayal, arrest, and denial, we again find ourselves as a self-reflecting audience of a three-act drama. Last week we discovered that Peter’s denial, “I do not know or understand what you are talking about,” was a fearful expression narrating the mob’s fear of the unknown, the council’s fear of what Jesus’ messianic… Read more »
Near the end of Steel Magnolias, one of my favorite movies, Melin wrestles with questions of suffering at her daughter, Shelby’s, funeral. In her grief and sadness, Annelle tries to offer solace saying, “It should make you feel a lot better that Shelby is with her king. We should all be rejoicing.” In a moment… Read more »
God is love. God’s will is always to love. God’s will for me and for you is to love God and love each other. Knowing God’s will doesn’t mean that we are biblical scholars or more holy than others or that our prayers are eloquent. God’s will is made manifest in Christ. When we look… Read more »
God is love. God’s will is always to love. God’s will for me and for you is to love God and love each other. Knowing God’s will doesn’t mean that we are biblical scholars or more holy than others or that our prayers are eloquent. God’s will is made manifest in Christ. When we look… Read more »
[wpvideo c7Uk2v8N] What is God’s will for me? It is a question which resonates deep within our soul. It is the central question of faith both for those who have spent a life time within the body of Christ and for those who are for the first time brave enough to enter a church to… Read more »
One day a pair of twins in their mother’s womb started talking to each other. One said to the other, “I wonder if there’s more to life that this?” “Why would you ask,” the other twin replied. “We have everything we need right here. It’s warm and cozy. We are always being fed. We have… Read more »
One Sunday morning a preacher stood up behind the pulpit and read Psalm 24:1-2–“The earth is the Lord’s and all that is in it, the world, and those who live in it; for he has founded it on the seas, and established it on the rivers.” He began to preach to the crowd that all… Read more »
One Saturday morning during my second year in seminary I sat down at the computer to check our bank balance. When I logged into the account I saw that the numbers of the checking account were red. In my naiveté I thought the website had made some artistic changes to the web layout. I thought,… Read more »