I Don’t Want to Hear It
Second Sunday in Lent: Old Testament, Jeremiah 26:8-15 Jeremiah 26:8-15 Seems truth doesn’t have much place in public discourse these days. That doesn’t mean that there isn’t a place to speak or that no one is...
“Christ Follower” or “Christ’s Follower”
First Sunday in Lent: Gospel, Luke 4:1-13 Luke 4:1-13 Titles are funny things. Just what is a writer supposed to divulge with a chosen title? Any title? This week’s gospel reading prompted me to give a title that...
Just Say It
First Sunday in Lent: Epistle, Romans 10:8b-13 Romans 10:8b-13 It takes real courage to speak about certain things. In our own blessed land, the freedom of speech enshrined in the U.S. Constitution has been under blatant assault for some years...
Protection?
First Sunday in Lent: Psalm, Psalm 91:1-13 Psalm 91:1-13 This first week of the wonderful season of Lent finds the Psalm directly connected to the gospel. A bit unusual. In the gospel we will find Jesus being...
Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory
The Transfiguration of Our Lord: Gospel, Luke 9:28-36 Luke 9:28-36 Challenging it is to write comments and meditations on texts where God shows His glory in its, well … in its GLORY. See there? I cannot even write the first sentence in any...
More Honor
The Transfiguration of Our Lord: Epistle, Hebrews 3:1-6 Hebrews 3:1-6 I love the letter to the Hebrews. I remember one warm fall afternoon on the campus of the seminary I attended in Portland, Oregon, sitting on the lawn and reading the entire letter. It...
Living Brings Life
The Transfiguration of Our Lord: Old Testament, Deuteronomy 34:1-12 Deuteronomy 34:1-12 It is the end. Or very near the end of one of the greatest men who ever lived. Moses’ life is cranking to its close, yet God is still at work. And perhaps it is important...
The Real Deal
Seventh Sunday after Epiphany: Gospel, Luke 6:27-38 Luke 6:27-38 This morning as I read again from Jesus’ Sermon on the Plain, I was brought face-to-face with the truth that in this message, as is true of the “Mount...
The Struggle Is Real
Seventh Sunday after Epiphany: Epistle, 1 Corinthians 15:30-42 1 Corinthians 15:30-42 Just one small verse from the reading today. Set down in the middle of our text is a quote which Paul lifts from Isaiah 22, “Let us eat and drink...
Who's Purpose Drives?
Seventh Sunday after Epiphany: Old Testament, Genesis 45:3-15 Genesis 45:3-15 For perhaps the last quarter century or so, there has grown in the larger American church, the idea that God “has great things in store for...
