Being Known
John 10:11-18 I am the good shepherd. I know my own and my own know me…. Being known as we are can be wonderful and terrifying too. It fulfills our longing to have a safe place where we don’t have to play games or be stronger or wiser than we truly are. But being known […]
His Peace
Luke 24:36b-48 Brokenhearted, two disciples met a stranger on the road as they headed home to Emmaus. They only recognized that he was Jesus once they invited him to stay and broke bread together. The truth of the resurrection reality broke open in breaking bread with the stranger. They had new vision. Jesus left suddenly […]
Peace Becomes the Password
John 20:19-33 Across the street from the house where I live, there are two enormous tulip magnolia trees. Right now, they are in full bud, not yet opened, and I have been looking at them all day because we are in the midst of a winter-mix downpour. My car windshield is covered with slush. But […]
What If?
Mark 16:1-8 What if the women had kept their silence forever? Had never told anyone what they saw and heard inside the empty tomb? Would we be celebrating Easter today? Suppose the story of Jesus ended with his ghastly death on the cross. In spite of all his teaching and healing, do you think there […]