Thomas, called Didymus, must have gotten sick of being cooped up by fear. He was a bit braver than the others so he was willing to go to the 7-11 to pick up some chips and soda. You can imagine how excited the disciples were when Thomas came back into the room after his snack… Read More »
APRIL102021
The spread of Christianity would be unbelievable if it hadn’t happened. The disgraced leader of the movement was executed with nothing to show for his efforts except a handful of “uneducated, ordinary” men and women. Yet, despite violent opposition, within a few generations Christians were widespread throughout the Roman world and within a few centuries… Read More »
APRIL92021
You can imagine that the events of Jesus’ suffering, death and resurrection were an emotional roller coaster for the apostles. After things had calmed down they wanted to return to “normal.” Simon Peter said to them, “I am going fishing.” Good idea, they responded. However, as the Gospel reports they couldn’t do it. They couldn’t fish… Read More »
APRIL82021
Certain text in the Bible are terrifying. For example, in the sermon St. Peter gives to the people of Jerusalem he says, “Now I know, brothers and sisters, that you acted out of ignorance.” It doesn’t take malice, it doesn’t take evil — acting in ignorance you can kill the son of God. We tend… Read More »
April 11 2021
April 11 2021 (2nd Sunday of Easter)
APRIL72021
Yesterday on a family zoom call my brother was bemoaning the state of the country. “I thought with the vaccine things would get better. I thought with a new president people would be kinder. When are we going to get back to normal?” The Bible certainly understands societal disaster but it also suggests we need… Read More »
APRIL62021
In the Resurrection stories Jesus does not hang around. He dramatically appears to someone but does not let them “hold onto” him. Instead, he sends them back to the community. After greeting Mary Magdalene he tells her “go to my brothers.” The gospels suggest that the only way we come to understand what resurrection means… Read More »
APRIL52021
In the days and weeks after Easter we read from the Acts of the Apostles. These stories tell us that the Resurrection of Jesus was not something that only transformed him. His followers, the apostles and disciples, were transformed as well at the Resurrection of Jesus. Before the Resurrection they were fear-filled, vacillating, doubting; after,… Read More »
APRIL42021
Some stories are too good to be true. Lucy is not going to hold that football this time so that Charlie Brown can kick it. You really aren’t going to get a million dollars from the prince of Wakanda if you just send him your bank account number. That car really doesn’t have such a… Read More »
APRIL32021
This is from an ancient sermon (about 180AD) concerning Holy Saturday: “Something strange is happening — there is a great silence on earth today, a great silence and stillness. The whole earth keeps silence because the King is asleep. The earth trembled and is still because God has fallen asleep in the flesh and He… Read More »
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