Texts: Luke 19:28-40; 23:13-26, 32-33 Neutrality evades us when we just read this story. We are present in it and we know it deep down, if we have any notion that we can claim to be followers of this man,
Living the Questions?
Do you sometimes feel like you have more questions than answers? Do you feel a need to replace ideas and images of God and understandings about who Jesus was and is for you with something that fits your life experience
Sermon for the 5th Sunday in Lent, March 21, 2010: “Extravagance”
Texts: Isaiah 43:16-21; Psalm 126; and John 12:1-8 So here we are in Babylon. Life is not altogether bad. But it is Lent—and we Christians, in our habit of reliving the old, old story through our liturgy, are moving pell-mell towards
Sermon for 4th Sunday in Lent, March 14, 2010: “Made New”
Texts: 2 Cor. 5:16-21 and Luke 15:1-3, 11b-32 Well, dear friends, I don’t care if you are among the piggish or the priggish, both of whom were meant to hear this amazing parable, but hearing it again surely gives one goose