Blogging Towards Sunday April 7, 2013
Luke 24:13-35 Faith (and life) are oftentimes talked about as a journey; more about the journeying than the destination. Today’s passage is a resurrection account of encountering Jesus on … Continue reading
Blogging Towards Easter Sunday, March 31, 2013
Eugène Burnand. The Disciples Peter and John Running to the Sepulchre on the Morning of the Resurrection. It is … Continue reading
Blogging Towards Palm Sunday, March 24, 2013
Luke 19:28-40 | the 6th Sunday of Lent | Palm Sunday It’s week six in our six week journey towards the cross of Jerusalem and the Easter tomb of … Continue reading
Blogging Towards Sunday, March 17, 2013
John 11:55-12:11| 5th Sunday of Lent It’s week five in our six week journey towards the cross of Jerusalem and the tomb of resurrection in Easter. This week’s reading … Continue reading
Blogging Towards Sunday, March 3, 2013
Isaiah 55:1-9 | Luke 13:1-9 This week’s readings are about “metanoia” the Greek word which we translate as “conversion”, “repentance.” It literally means to “turn around 180 degrees, to stop, turn, … Continue reading
Blogging Towards Sunday, February 24, 2013
Luke 9:18-43 | 2nd Sunday of Lent This week’s reading is full. The identity of Jesus is revealed. Discipleship is explained. Then the disciples experience his messianic identity and struggle … Continue reading
Blogging Towards Sunday, February 17, 2013
Luke 4:1-13 | 1st Sunday of Lent Temptation. We all face it in life. Not just temptation to horrific things, but to small things too: white “harmless” lies, a second … Continue reading
Blogging Towards Sunday, February 3, 2013
On Freedom 1 Corinthians 3:1-23 Freedom. It’s one of the bedrocks of our national identity. It’s the rallying cry of our society, as we see in the ending exclamation of … Continue reading
Blogging Towards Sunday, January 27, 2012
Exodus 32:1-14 Or read the whole story Exodus 32:1-34:35 Why do we so often do the things we don’t want to do, and not do what we long to? … Continue reading
Blogging Towards Sunday, January 20, 2013
Questions for going deeper with the Scriptures for Sunday, January 20th Exodus 24:1-18 Or read the whole section Exodus 24:1-31:32 & chapters 35-41 We live in an age in which … Continue reading
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