Blogging Towards Sunday, January 13, 2019
John 15:5-10; 1 John 1:1-4 Socrates at his trial for impiety and corrupting youth in Ancient Athens, for which he was subsequently sentenced to death, is said to … Continue reading
The Pastoral Letter of 1st John
First John is written as a sermon and lacks the opening, greeting, thanksgiving and closing greeting that mark most New Testament Epistles (or pastoral letters). The author’s key purpose … Continue reading
Blogging Towards Epiphany Sunday, January 6, 2019
Matthew 2:1-23 Today we celebrate Epiphany. It’s the rare year that this twelfth day after Christmas lands on a Sunday. Epiphany is a Greek word meaning revealing or … Continue reading
Blogging Towards Sunday, December 16, 2018
Isaiah 42:1-9; Luke 3:7-18 Our readings in Advent have spread from the terror of the ascendance of the Assyrian Empire and the eventual defeat and deportation of the … Continue reading
Blogging Towards Sunday, December 9, 2018
Esther 4:1-17; Luke 3:1-6 Last week our reading from Jeremiah dealt with the question of hope – how do we hope, and trust, in God’s goodness, faithfulness and … Continue reading
Blogging Towards Sunday, December 2, 2018
The First Sunday of Advent Jeremiah 33:14-16; Luke 21:25-36 Our society hurdles itself – and us – towards Christmas and all that it represents. The race now often … Continue reading
Blogging Towards Sunday, November 25, 2018
Luke 4:16-30; Matthew 4:23-5:12 Resistance is a big word in our culture today. Some are for it, some are against it. Our cries to resistance usually have to … Continue reading
Blogging Towards Sunday, November 9, 2018
Isaiah 2:1-5; John 14:23-27; Matthew 4:23-5:9 Peace. We long for it in our genes, our relationships, our communities, and our world. It’s shared universal value (by almost all … Continue reading
Blogging Towards Sunday, October 28, 2018
Mark 7:1-23; Matthew 4:23-5:8 Exhausted. That’s how most people describe themselves these days. We’re discouragingly overwhelmed by the us-versus-them thinking we experience as hypocritical and tribalistic. This self-preservation … Continue reading
Blogging Towards Sunday, October 21, 2018
John 8:2-11; Matthew 4:23-5:7 The Beatitudes (Matthew 5:1-12) are identified as the essential teaching of Jesus. Today’s beatitude is about Mercy. It’s a word that we don’t often … Continue reading
