Utterly Free
For Sunday, February 21, 2016 – Luke 13:31-35 Jesus embodies for us what it looks like and sounds like—what it IS—to live in a state of complete trust in God, letting the Spirit of God live in us and with us and through us, making us utterly free. No longer bound up by fear, not […]
Temptation as Gift
For Sunday, February 14, 2016 – Luke 4:1-13 Even if we fine tune our minds to their most compassionate settings, it is nearly impossible to comprehend the extent of the suffering Jesus experiences in this potent confrontation with evil. However or whatever or whomever we imagine Satan to be—whether physical incarnation or mental apparition—this adversary is anything and everything in […]
We Want to See Jesus
For Sunday, March 22, 2015 – John 12:20-33 What they want is quite simple: they want to see Jesus. Maybe they think if they can just see him, be in his presence even briefly, they will know him better, and better understand the kind of kingdom he is ushering in. They get more than they bargain for. They end […]
Take Another Look
For Sunday, March 15, 2015 – John 3:14-21 “Just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness…,” today’s passage says, “so must the Son of Man be lifted up.” This is one of those small bites of scripture we are apt to glide right past in our hurry to get to the meat of the message. […]
