‘Mary!’ April 8, 2012 Sunday's Readings Easter Day Acts 10:34-43 or Isa. 25:6-9 Ps. 118:1-2, 14-24 1 Cor. 15:1-11 or Acts 10:34-43 John 20:1-18 or Mark 16:1-8 Throw the seed of the Resurrection along the path, but do not expect the blade, th... Read more...
The Current of Salvation April 1, 2012 Sunday's Readings Palm SundayIs. 50:4-9a • Ps. 31:9-16 • Phil. 2:5-11Mark 14:1-15:47 or Mark 15:1-39 (40-47)The liturgical resources and appointed readings are extraordinarily rich. Here I turn only to St. Mark. This particular... Read more...
Pinned to the Cross, Penned by It March 25, 2012 Sunday's Readings The Fifth Sunday in LentJer. 31:31-34 • Ps. 51:1-13 or 119:9-16Heb. 5:5-10 • John 12:20-33Jaroslav Pelikan’s Jesus Through the Centuries remains an immensely useful compendium of an impossibly broad topic: Jesu... Read more...
Look to Jesus and Look for Work March 18, 2012 Sunday's Readings The Fourth Sunday in LentNum. 21:4-9 • Ps. 107:1-3,17-22Eph. 2:1-10 • John 3:14-21The thrill of victory against Arad at “Hormah” is short-lived. Heading south toward the Red Sea, the Israelites return to bad fo... Read more...
The Heavens Tell the Truth March 11, 2012 Sunday's Readings The Third Sunday in Lent Ex. 20:1-17 • Ps. 19 1 Cor. 1:18-25 • John 2:13-22
Hearing and Returning March 4, 2012 Sunday's Readings The Second Sunday in LentGen. 17:1-7, 15-16 • Ps. 22:22-30Rom. 4:13-25 • Mark 8:31-38The trouble with Peter, and the reason he is momentarily called Satan, is that he does not “sense” the things of God. And alt... Read more...
The Preacher February 5, 2012 Sunday's Readings The Fifth Sunday of EpiphanyIsa. 40:21-31 • Ps. 147:1-12, 21c1 Cor. 9:16-23 • Mark 1:29-39Religious studies, however compelling and intriguing to a few, is not the subject of Christian preaching. The preacher i... Read more...
