Brought to life by Christ
Theology was not optional for me as a child. It was a matter of life or death.
Sunday, March 3, 2013: Isaiah 55:1-9; 1 Corinthians 10:1-13; Luke 13:1-9
It seems counterintuitive, but Lent is all about abundance....
Sunday, February 24, 2013: Genesis 15:1-12, 17-18; Philippians 3:17-4:1; Luke 9:28-36
Today we have a theophany of light in which the Lord reveals what he is going to do and indicates that equality with God is not a thing to be grasped....
Sunday, February 17, 2013 (Deuteronomy 26:1-11; Romans 10:8b-13; Luke 4:1-13)
Where Moses reassured his listeners with the word when, the devil tempts Jesus with the word if.
Ash Wednesday: Isaiah 58:1-12; 2 Corinthians 5:20b-6:10; Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21
Isaiah gives voice to God. God is amazed at our epistemic closure.
The eyes of the Christ child (Matthew 2:1-12)
At the center of Epiphany is a mystery of looking. Who looks at whom?
Risk and fulfillment: Isaiah 63:7-9; Psalm 148; Hebrews 2:10-18; Matthew 2:13-23
All of the Spirit’s labor—the pruning of our imagination, the background work on our expectations—comes to fruition on Christmas Day, when we are brought into the Presence....
Reading the signs: Isaiah 7:10-16; Romans 1:1-7; Matthew 1:18-25
“Behold, a virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and his name shall be called Emmanuel” (Matthew 1:23)....
Prodded to life: Isaiah 11:1-10; Romans 15:4-13; Matthew 3:1-12
Isaiah gives us a vision of what the new anointed one will be like, what gifts he will have and how he will be someone run by Elsewhere—not by the criteria of groupthink, of lobbying groups. His criteria will give voice to the meek who have no voice and don’t know how to use a voice. His words will become the criteria for everything, much to the dismay of the wicked.
Stretched hearts
With each Sunday of Advent, it is as though the Spirit brings us deeper into the Presence by bringing us closer to having our feet on the ground, closer to the present, and closer to our own hearts...