Where is Jesus? The tomb is not yet unsealed. Is he just hanging out playing cards with the angel messenger, waiting for his Father to give a mighty shove and roll away the stone? Not such a dumb question as you might think? For the Church in her infancy pondered over this question long … Continue reading The Harrowing of Hell
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Pondering Mary
So [the shepherds came with haste and found Mary and Joseph and the child lying in the manger. When they saw this, they made known what had been told them about this child; and all who heard it were amazed at what the shepherds told them. But Mary kept all these things, pondering them in … Continue reading Pondering Mary
The Judgement of God: “Give them what they want.”
You may have heard we had an election recently in the USA. Up front, and in the name of full disclosure – this is going to be political. I’m not going to disclose my political affiliation, my political philosophy, or my personal political opinions – most of you would not like them. What I do … Continue reading The Judgement of God: “Give them what they want.”
Diversity, Difference, Dignity
Claiming a good bit of the news day, was the political pronouncements of the season – some well reasoned, some outrageous, and some infuriating. Whether you consider any position right or wrong, whatever you may think of these proposals, there is something else going on surrounding the whole discussion. That is the hate-filled rhetoric. The … Continue reading Diversity, Difference, Dignity
The Guns of Summer
The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, but violence takes lives away. Proverbs 11:30 In May, Baltimore experienced its deadliest month of gun violence in decades. Likewise Detroit in July; Chicago and its neighbor city, Milwaukee, in August. All across the country, violence takes lives away – police against citizens, citizens against … Continue reading The Guns of Summer
On the Border of the Holy 