Love In Common
Easter 2: First Reading, Acts 4:32-35 Acts 4:32-35 Jesus was a Marxist! Not to get too political, and that just on the heels of Resurrection. But this is an important text to see in its...
Easter Feast
Sunday of the Resurrection: Gospel, Mark 16:1-8 Mark 16:1-8 For the Blessed Feast of Easter find your way into the dining hall and savor the meal set before you. He is Risen! He is Risen, indeed! Alleluia! Matthew...
First Things First
Sunday of the Resurrection: Epistle, 1 Corinthians 15:1-11 1 Corinthians 15:1-11 Paul the apostle did a lot of writing. Through it he did a lot of caring. And sometimes that caring came in the form of correction. In fact, quite a lot of his writing was for that purpose...
He's Worth the Wait
Sunday of the Resurrection: Old Testament, Isaiah 25:6-9 Isaiah 25:6-9 The title above seems almost trivial. It’s not that some of the things for which we wait are not significant. They may be. And it’s not that some of us haven’t waited for large...
Would I Take the Whip?
Sunday of the Passion: Gospel, John 12:20-43 John 12:20-43 It was great to be seated across the table from a very dear sister in Christ. In the past few years she has seen her beloved husband claimed by the effects of a severe stroke, she...
There Will Be a Day
Sunday of the Passion: Epistle, Philippians 2:5-11 Philippians 2:5-11 All of the Bible is important to read, to ponder and to make concerted efforts to understand as best as we’re able. The epistle lesson attached to the Sunday of the Passion, of course...
What A Ride
Sunday of the Passion: Old Testament, Zechariah 9:9-12 Zechariah 9:9-12 The human heroes of the Bible are nearly always showcased in unheroic ways. And all of them are sinners so that even at their best they are immensely flawed. But the hero of the Scriptures, our...
Be Careful What You Ask For
Fifth Sunday in Lent: Gospel, Mark 10:35-45 Mark 10:35-45 So much conveyed in this narrative. A “pregnant passage” without question. James and John, some of the founding members of the...
Coming Into His Own
Lent 5: Epistle, Hebrews 5:1-10 Hebrews 5:1-10 We use it as a figure of speech denoting when someone finds their niche or even “gets in the groove.” To “come into his or her own” means that the...
Fellowship is Better
Lent 5: Old Testament, Jeremiah 31:31-34 Jeremiah 31:31-34 “We are saved by a relationship with One who is God.” So spoke my dear professor and mentor, Dr. John G. Mitchell at Multnomah Biblical Seminary in Portland, Oregon. I graduated in 1986 so as you can...
