The Word
For Sunday, January 4, 2014 – John 1:1-18 “In the beginning,” John says, “was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.” Like a minstrel, John sings out across the ages, gathers us again at the first fires of creation and draws us into the unfolding story: “What has come into […]
Ending and Beginning
For Sunday, December 28, 2014 – Luke 2:22-40 They did not stay in the Christmas moment long, just resting in the glow of the child, precious symbol of hope and longing. We too now shift abruptly from the wonder of the baby, the holy child, prince of peace, who has planted the seeds of perfect shalom among us, back to a […]
Wonderful Words
For Sunday, January 5, 2014 – John 1:1-18 I am thinking of the old hymn: “Sing them over again to me, wonderful words of life. Help me more of their beauty see, wonderful words of life” (text by Philip P. Bliss, 1838-1876). Some of the most beautiful words in scripture are today’s opening verses of the gospel […]
We Are the Story
For Sunday, December 29, 2013 – Matthew 2:13-23 Imagine a city stripped bare of its toddlers. A chill runs through us to think of Herod orchestrating the murders of children two years old and younger in and around Bethlehem, driven by his deranged fear and lust for power, his obsession with the prophecy of a Messiah’s birth. And no one stopped him. […]
