A Resurrection Feast
Luke 14:1, 7-14 One of the religious leaders invites Jesus to a Sabbath meal, and everyone watches him closely. Jesus brings an aura of mystery and curiosity wherever he goes. What will he say or do? How might the whole group end up being challenged and changed? The air is charged with anticipation, and likely sprinkled with some degree […]
Bent Over or Free
For Sunday, August 21, 2016 – Luke 13:10-17 While Jesus teaches in one of the synagogues, a woman appears “with a spirit that has crippled her for eighteen years.” For eighteen long years she has been “bent over and quite unable to stand up straight.” What kind of spirit has so much capacity to alter […]
The Peace of Division
For Sunday, August 14, 2016 – Luke 12:49-56 No doubt about it, Jesus’ teachings can be difficult. Maybe he wants to shake us from the complacency of a quiet discipleship and the comfortable rhythms we come to enjoy. Maybe he sees how we tend to choose cozy companions and soft, safe prayers, so sometimes, instead […]
Be Not Afraid
For Sunday, August 7, 2016 – Luke 12:32-40 Last Saturday our community celebrated the life of Mary Campbell Cosby, co-founder of the Church of the Saviour. She had dedicated her life, from early childhood, to the pursuit of God’s realm “on earth as it is in heaven.” She believed that realm was possible because she […]
