Easter will soon be upon us. We have about another week to think about the ways we can continue to turn our few good deeds into mountains of them, and turn our many sins into just some small pebbles. This is challenging work. It’s challenging for us to own up to our faults when...
Year A 1 Samuel 16:1-13 Psalm 23 Ephesians 5:8-14 John 9:1-41 May the words of my mouth… O God… speak your truth… The human eye is a marvelous thing… according to the Southwestern Eye Center… our eyes blink an average of 4,200,000 times a year… and so if you were paid a nickel every time you blinked… you...
Year A Exodus 17:1-7 Psalm 95 Romans 5:1-11 John 4:5-42 May the words of my mouth… O God… speak your truth… In today’s reading from Exodus… the people thirsted for water… they thirsted for that which would sustain life… and demanded of Moses… Give us water to drink… and they quarreled with him… and tested God… they asked… ...
Year A Genesis 12:1-4a Psalm 121 Romans 4:1-5, 13-17 May the words of my mouth… O God… speak your truth… Even though he calls Jesus Teacher… even though he knows that Jesus and God are connected because of the signs that Jesus has done… the first part of the conversation between Jesus and Nicodemus leaves Nicodemus wondering...
Year A Genesis 2:15-17; 3:1-7 Psalm 32 Romans 5:12-19 Matthew 4:1-11 May the words of my mouth… O God… speak your truth… In an article I read last month… describing his new book… What’s Gotten Into You: The Story of Your Body’s Atoms From The Big Bang Through Last Night’s Dinner… Dan Levitt draws a series of striking...