Blessing for Whom?
For Sunday, January 31, 2016 – Luke 4:21-30 Back in his home synagogue, Jesus reads Isaiah’s familiar words: “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to bring good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim release to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, […]
Filled with Power
For Sunday, January 24, 2016 – Luke 4:14-21 When Jesus returns to Galilee, he is filled with the power of the Spirit. He does not claim to be filled with the power of the Spirit; he simply is. Sometimes we spend more time making claims about ourselves than just being ourselves. We can claim to be not enough […]
Imagine Us Beloved
For Sunday, January 10, 2016 – Luke 3:15-17, 21-22 Imagine with me, if you will, a world in which vast numbers of people are hearing and beginning to integrate at heart and soul level that we, the same as Jesus, are God’s beloved. That we, too, are intended to hear the blessing Jesus heard at […]
A New Perspective
Mark 9:2-9 Today’s passage begins with the phrase, “Six days later….” So of course we are curious about what has happened six days before this day when Jesus takes Peter, James and John to the top of a mountain where they see him transfigured. Six days before, Jesus has started to speak quite explicitly about his coming […]
