Doubt, on the other hand, is the oxygen that can make the flame burn brighter. Doubt invites examination, and is willing to adapt to new information. Thomas stands in a long line of doubters in scripture, …
John 20:19-31 Lucky Thomas, he literally got hands-on proof to bolster his faith. We will have to wait a little longer for that awesome experience.
God created us for holiness… it must be the objective of our lives, as well as our way of life. It is a process as much as it is a product… a journey as much as a destination.
All we really have for Holy Week and beyond is the presence of a God who stands with us and who has prayed all the desperate, unanswered prayers that we too have prayed. He is there, hanging on a tree.
Bonhoeffer imagines the church “under the cross.” So too our gospel reading for today turns our faces toward the cross and dares to reimagine what it means, just as we are being called to reimagine the Church and what it means in this time and place.
Our salvation is a gift, but it is not all-take and no-give. We are not just the beneficiaries of Christ’s passion; we are the ongoing instruments of his sacred mission.
John 3:13-22 I’ll let you in on a trade secret. Most young preachers are a lot like rookie baseball players. When we first mount the
Our Gospel text this morning has Jesus entering the temple, kicking out the money changers, and generally raising heck. This is not the meek and mild Jesus, little lamb of God, to whom we’ve grown accustomed. It is a muscular and angry Jesus.
John 2: 13-22 Jesus is in the temple and he means business. He’s come to proclaim the new covenant, even though he knows it will
Mark 8:31-38 As we all learned very early in Sunday school, the word “gospel” literally means “good news.” Yet this week’s gospel is full of