All is Well
What a difference a day makes. This week’s gospel reading* from Luke opens in the evening hours of the third day following Jesus’ crucifixion. It culminates in the dawning of a new understanding of relationship with God, as followers of Christ. The transformative experience begins at dawn that day, with the discovery of the empty […]
Persistent Caller
Gordon Cosby used to say that call is “big, impossible and persistent.” And each time my call has changed form, it has felt that way to me. Big because it’s more than I can manage without doing a serious purge of current obligations. Impossible to accomplish alone so I will need to involve others. And […]
Is It Enough?
Mary Magdalene encounters an empty tomb and runs to tell the others. They come but are able to see no significance in this emptiness. And so they leave.* Mary, on the other hand, brimming with expectancy, suddenly sees Jesus in the emptiness. Death, for Mary, does not steal him away from her. In the dark […]
Unbroken
The young rabbi comes in on an unridden colt, who can’t be much older than his ministry.* An innocent, unbroken beast of burden. He carries Jesus into the center of everything. It may appear the most humble and passive way to come into Jerusalem. Yet, it is a ride of defiance. Entering like no one […]
