What Gets It Done?
Seventh Sunday in Easter: Gospel, John 17:20-26 John 17:20-26 If you were to read the title above and you didn’t have this week’s gospel reading as a reference, you might feel a bit lost. It’s a broad...
Together
Seventh Sunday in Easter: Psalm 133 Psalm 133 I love this psalm. Who wouldn’t love it? That is, if you have experienced what it is to know the bond of love which God has given to...
Numbers Matter
Seventh Sunday in Easter: First Reading, Acts 1:12-26 Acts 1:12-26 The “baby” church is just beginning to walk. In our first reading this week, the followers of Jesus are still pre-Pentecost in the “birthday of the N.T. church&rdquo...
Loved by ….
Sixth Sunday in Easter: Gospel, John 16:23-33 John 16:23-33 Careful reading should occur whenever we encounter the words of our Savior. I think most of us would admit that we “know” the more familiar passages. Words we have read or...
All
Sixth Sunday in Easter: Psalm 67 Psalm 67 I love this week’s psalm. It lays to rest once and for all any thought that God favors one race, or one nationality, or one...
Lydia’s Heart
Sixth Sunday in Easter: First Reading, Acts 16:9-15 Acts 16:9-15 The gospel does its work. God’s Word does its work. Lydia is a target and our Lord doesn’t miss. His aim is impeccable. God had a woman in Philippi that he wanted all of us, all of history...
Guarantee
Fifth Sunday in Easter: Gospel, John 16:12-22 John 16:12-22 The issue of interpretation is key in our gospel passage this week. Primary recipients and recipients by extension is perhaps a good way to think of the instructions given here by...
Hey, That’s Us
Fifth Sunday in Easter: Second Reading, Revelation 21:1-7 Revelation 21:1-7 My, the first couple verses of this text are stunning. And surprising to some. It is the announcement that the apostle John is beholding the descent of “the holy city, the...
Still Too Many
Fifth Sunday in Easter: First Reading, Acts 11:1-18 Acts 11:1-18 “Those of the circumcision contended with him.” A phrase lifted from verse 2 in our reading above. The “him” is Peter who had given account of his ministry to Gentiles of...
The Suspense is Killing Me
Fourth Sunday in Easter (Good Shepherd): Gospel, John 10:22-30 John 10:22-30 I wonder if you have thought of the gospels as a tale of suspense. Is the narrative of Jesus rightly to be encountered as a mystery? At first we need to distinguish how our culture uses the term versus...
