After the Baptism, a Wedding
John 2:1-11 From the scene of Jesus’ baptism, we move now to a wedding where Jesus is one of the attendees. Just a regular guest at a common celebration, but when the wine runs low his mother suggests he might be able to help. Jesus responds, “What does this have to do with me?” But […]
To Know and Not Know
Epiphany – Year A – John 1:29-42 Apparently there will be both a lot of knowing and not knowing on the journey with Jesus. In some ways we will come to know more than we ever dreamed possible, and in some ways we never will know him, what and who he really is, nor will […]
Little by Little
For Sunday, May 22, 2016 – John 16:12-15 With his departure drawing near, Jesus tells his friends, “I still have many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now.” This small statement might be one of the most thoughtful things one person can say to another. I don’t know about you, but […]
Doing What He Did
For Sunday, May 15, 2016 – John 14:8-17, (25-27) Philip says to Jesus, “Show us the one you call Father. Then we will be satisfied.” Jesus is taken aback: “How can you say that? After all this time, what am I, chopped liver?” Even more audacious is Philip’s idea that seeing what lies beyond them will […]
