March 23, 2008 Last week, on Palm Sunday, we explored the events of Holy Week and saw Jesus arrive in Jerusalem and engage in prophetically important events in the Temple. We saw Jesus arrested, turned over to the Romans, and crucified by the end of that week. As we remembered Jesus in the tomb, we […]
March 16, 2008 This Sunday – Palm Sunday – known as Passion Sunday in some traditions – we begin with a reading from Psalm 118 (verses 1-2 and 19-29): O give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; his steadfast love endures forever!Let Israel say, “His steadfast love endures forever.”Open to me the gates
March 9, 2008 John 13:12-20 “When he had finished washing their feet, he put on his clothes and returned to his place. “Do you understand what I have done for you?” he asked them. “You call me ‘Teacher’ and ‘Lord,’ and rightly so, for that is what I am. Now that I, your Lord and
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March 2, 2008 In thinking about “breaking through the wall” in our understanding of faith, we encounter the very difficult question of what to do when bad things happen. The list of “bad things” is very long indeed (pain, illness, suffering, death, poverty, grief, loss, loneliness, tension, heartache – the list goes on and on)
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