Imagine a young man, Brian, standing over his comatose father begging, “Dad, please wake up.” Before his father dies he longs to hear the words, “I love you.” He so wants reconciliation. His anguish reflects years of pain and estrangement. But resolution would not come. Brian now weeps and is absorbing the physical loss of […]
GLEANINGS (from the Daily Office) – Worldly and Not By Design – Year One, Proper 20, Wednesday, September 23, 2015, 1 Corinthians 5:9-6:8, Matthew 5:38-48 “I wrote to you in my letter not to associate with immoral men; not at all meaning the immoral of this world.” “Love your enemies and pray for those who […]
GLEANINGS (from the Daily Office) – Limbless by Choice – Year One, Proper 20, Tuesday, September 22, 2015, Matthew 5:27-37 “And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away.” Brutal. And then some. But that is the point. Jesus says you have heard it said (place any tough […]
Do We Take Jesus Seriously?
GLEANINGS (from the Daily Office) – Blah, Blah, Blah – Year One, Proper 20, Monday, September 21, 2015, 1 Corinthians 4:8-21 “For the Kingdom of God does not consist in talk but in power.” One has to wonder on occasion if the church has not come to believe it “consist in talk.” Let’s issue a […]
GLEANINGS (from the Daily Office) – Same Job, Different Vocation – Year One, Proper 19, Wednesday, September 16, 2015, Matthew 4:18-25 “I will make you fishers of men.” Peter and Andrew had a job. They fished to earn a living. And that did not stop when they met Jesus. Peter was even fishing post death […]
GLEANINGS (from the Daily Office) – Step One – Year One, Proper 19, Tuesday, September 15, 2015, Mark 4:12-17 “From that time Jesus began to preach, saying, ‘Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.’” How does the saying go? A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. In our case […]
GLEANINGS (from the Daily Office) – Like Fathers, Baptism is Inadequate – Year One, Proper 19, Friday, September 14, 2015, 1 Corinthians 1:1-19 “For Christ did not send me to baptize but to preach the gospel, . .” For those of us in the reformed sacramental world, baptism is an outward and visible sign of […]
the Purpose and Power of the Tongue
GLEANINGS (from the Daily Office) – Our Good but Inadequate Fathers – Year One, Proper 18, Thursday, September 11, 2015, Matthew 3:1-12 “Do not presume to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father’;” Like many, but certainly not all, I have been blessed to having a loving and devoted father. Harold Richardson has […]
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