Suddenly there was a great earthquake! For an angel of the Lord came down from heaven, rolled aside the stone, and sat on it. -Matthew 28:2 (Preached on Sunday, April […]
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We must have faith during the period of our grief. We think that our afflictions will be greater than we can bear, but we do not know the strength of […]
When he entered Jerusalem, the whole city was in turmoil, asking, “Who is this?” -Matthew 21:10 (Preached on Sunday, April 09, 2017) What a strange and confusing day. Palm/Passion Sunday, […]
In unimaginable love, God has taken on our humanity – including all our mortal terror, sorrow, and pain – and invited us, in exchange, to participate in the mystery of […]
Mary was the one who anointed the Lord with perfume and wiped his feet with her hair; her brother Lazarus was ill. … Accordingly, though Jesus loved Martha and her […]
Every parting gives a foretaste of death; every coming together again a foretaste of the resurrection. -Arthur Schopenhauer, 19h century Lazarus was dead. There was no doubt about that fact. […]
Jesus heard that they had driven him out, and when he found him, he said, “Do you believe in the Son of Man?” -John 9:35 (Preached on Sunday, March 26, […]
I shut my eyes in order to see. -Paul Gauguin, 19h century We are half-way through the season of Lent. How is this period of reflection and spiritual practice for […]
I arise today throughGod’s strength to pilot me, God’s might to uphold me,God’s wisdom to guide me, God’s eye to see before me,God’s ear to hear me, God’s word to […]
He said, “Go call your husband and then come back.” “I have no husband,” she said. “That’s nicely put: ‘I have no husband.’ You’ve had five husbands, and the man […]