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If you search through the Bible you won’t find the word “Trinity” in any part of the book. Today’s gospel is a rarity in that it shows Jesus talking about all three persons of the Trinity in a single story. Yet, it’s not a theological discussion on how it is that one God is in…
Sometimes I think that we have lost track of how incredible the story of Easter really is. We celebrate it every year. It comes right on schedule. Its date is carefully connected to the cycle of the Moon. And so we make our preparations. We set the decorations. But are we truly mindful of the…
We are all saints. It is not just the dead who qualify as saints. It is every Christian, those dead and those still living. We are all the saints, just as those who are clothed in white, standing before the throne of God, singing God’s praises, worshipping God together.
You can guide where water is poured, at times, but you can’t determine the exact path each molecule will take. It will trickle this way one time, another way the next. When each of us were baptized, the pastor called on God’s Holy Spirit to be poured out on us.
God’s heart is bigger than ours. For our God loves not just the person executed after committing no crime; our God loves the person executed after committing a horrendous crime.
Jesus warns about a thief. The thief will come in the night. Not when it’s the middle of the day and we are looking right out the window. Not when we are ready. Jesus is talking about the second coming of the Son of Man.
But Paul has another word to those waiting for the end of the world to happen: besides getting back to work, Paul says to both the idle, and to those complaining about them: do not be weary in doing what is right. And what is right? What does the Lord require of us? Do justice.…
The blessings and woes of the gospel make me wonder. I have been poor, and hungry, and weeping. Hated, too. It did not feel like a blessing. On the other hand, why would Jesus say, “woe” to those who are rich? Or have full bellies? Or who enjoy a good time or a good reputation? …
Today’s gospel contains the two commandments that are key to eternal life. Plus the story of a Samaritan who is good. Oh, we need life. And we need goodness. Let us see where we will find them.
But that is what Jesus was about. Breaking down the “shoulds.” Bringing forth life and hope on the way to the grave. If Jesus can bring life and hope on the way to the grave – then Jesus can bring life and hope on every other way.