Green on Both Sides
In the lectionary reading this week*, John provides his version of Jesus’ instruction on the Greatest Commandment, or as he calls it “a new commandment.” Jesus says this after washing their feet, showing the disciples what he means by spiritual cleanliness through humility. Note: this included Judas Iscariot, to whom Jesus also offered Communion at […]
We Back Each Other Up – Apr. 18, 2019
“There is a loneliness imbedded in the making and the keeping of a vow. As we live our dedication, we witness each other’s existential aloneness. Because that is a shared human truth it helps keep our spines erect. We back each other up.” -Gunilla Norris, Sheltered in the Heart
What is Truth?
How do we get at it? Do we really care about it? This is where I am led in pondering today’s gospel reading*. Jesus has been arrested, and from one ruling power to the next, he is being asked to explain himself. Though these leaders seem to not really want to hear his truth. Or […]
Sight and Vision
Our gospel reading is the story of blind Bartimaeus who sat near the city gate of Jericho when Jesus and the disciples, with a large crowd following, were leaving the city. The writer of Mark is curiously specific with data in this brief encounter, even giving the name of the person who yells out to […]
