The Heart of It All
For Sunday, May 8, 2016 – John 17:20-26 Jesus longs to plant deeply within all who will listen the central truth of his life—that at the heart of it all is love. The love of God has poured prodigally into Jesus, causing the love of Jesus to pour into his friends so that the love […]
Just Love
For Sunday, April 24, 2016 – John 13:31-35 and Sunday, May 1, 2016 – John 14:23-29 Jesus knows his time on earth is growing short, and whether or not we will comprehend the essential heart of his message, whether or not we will dare to embody it, lies in the balance. Succinctly, he sums up […]
Where Is the Proof?
For Sunday, April 17, 2016 – John 10:22-30 Jesus is at the temple — or rather, just outside the temple, where teachers liked to gather to discuss and defend their religious views — during the Festival of Dedication. The Feast of Dedication recalled a miracle of light that had occurred after the temple was ransacked […]
Forgive and Live
For Sunday, April 10 – John 21:1-19 Was it grief and restlessness that tugged them out to sea in the middle of the night? Were they retracing old patterns, trying to remember who they had been in order to know who they now are? “I am going fishing,” Peter says. “We’ll come, too.” Thus a […]
