Over the last few months, we have journeyed together through the wilderness of Lent, through the excitement and sorrow of Holy week, and into the challenging and hope-filled season of resurrection. In the wilderness, we explored those pieces of our experience that are deep and true. Deep relationship, accompanied by deep commitment and deep wisdom,… Read More »
Jesus Leaves
I started driving tractors before I learned to drive a car. But in either instance, both of my parents were not always so keen on teaching me, nor were they terribly interested in riding along. I could always tell when I was not driving the way that my dad would want me to because his… Read More »
Resurrection in Galilee
We are on the way to Pentecost. We are earnestly awaiting a fresh wind of the spirit to energize us and inspire us toward new and resurrected life. On this fifth Sunday of Easter, we continue to celebrate that our Lord and King, the true giver of all good gifts, is not lying in a… Read More »
These Things
During my junior year in high school, my English teacher gave the class some specific rules about writing college papers, some of which I remember today. The first and most important piece of advice for writing was that we picture every writing assignment as an opportunity to talk our reader into something. He would say… Read More »
Jesus Came
Jesus is risen. Mary Magdalene saw him in the garden after Peter and John left the empty tomb and the garden to return to the disciples, uncertain of what an empty tomb could mean. The angels told Mary that he had risen, and then he spoke to her. At first, she thought it was the… Read More »
Deep Living
As this Lenten season comes to its final culmination in resurrection, we remember our journey through the wilderness; we remember that deep relationship, accompanied by deep commitment and deep wisdom, leads to deep healing and deep growth. The experiences of deep healing and growth give us the testimony and foundation of deep hope. Deep hope… Read More »
Maundy Thursday
The following is the welcome and prayer, with which I began our Maundy Thursday service. My attempt was to highlight how we have experienced in the last year a lot of similar feelings to those Jesus went through on his journey between the last supper and the cross. The rest of the evening was filled… Read More »
Deep Hope
Deep relationship, accompanied by deep commitment and deep wisdom, leads to deep healing and deep growth. Deep healing and growth then become the experience and testimony that sustain deep hope even in the most difficult circumstances. If you remember back to our last encounter with the book of Isaiah in February, we remember that the… Read More »
Deep Growth
Deep relationship accompanied by deep commitment and deep wisdom can lead to deep healing, which is what we explored together last week in the book of Numbers. We walked with the Israelites in the wilderness as they struggled to find healing in the midst of great anguish and suffering under the power of the serpent.… Read More »
Deep Healing
This morning is the fourth week of our Lenten journey: Deep Healing. In the last few weeks, we have explored those parts of our lives that are deep and true: relationship, commitment, wisdom, and now healing. We know that deep relationship requires deep commitment accompanied by deep wisdom. Maintaining relationships also requires deep healing because… Read More »
