All of us at one time or another have faced the question, “Who am I?” and that question naturally opens up the question that naturally follows it, “Why am I […]
As a sentimental packrat, my basement contains numerous boxes of “former things.” Photos, band flyers, cringy teen journals, letters, random ephemera—every item once holding enough meaning to justify keeping. With […]
After feeding the multitudes, Jesus instructs his friends to sail back across the lake. He’ll meet them later. They assume he’ll walk home or hitch a ride. So when a […]
In September of 1939, King George VI of Great Britain was obliged to give the first major radio address of his career. The existential future of Great Britain would be […]
These last few chapters of Matthew’s gospel are littered with bits and pieces of Jesus’ words of what would happen to him if he went to Jerusalem. What is astounding […]
Covid finally caught me for the first time, more than three years into the pandemic. I thought I was vaxxed and ready for whatever she’d dish out, but within hours […]
Jesus had achieved celebrity status and couldn’t go out in the marketplace without somebody recognizing him as the newest folk rabbi who had captured the imagination of the entire countryside. […]
In the last couple of weeks’ sermons on Joseph, we had a beginning and a dramatic middle, but we made no attempt to resolve the story. After being thrown into […]
