Luke 24:1-12 Sometimes we have a hard time accepting someone else’s story, especially if it seems fantastical or unbelievable. If we haven’t experienced anything like it in the past, or it doesn’t align with our worldview, or even our knowledge of physics, then likely our first instinct is to dismiss the story. When the idea for the automobile first started to circulate, some scientists at the time thought it would be impossible. They claimed you would suffocate if you went f

Today we find ourselves at the cross where we again experience the death of Jesus. We’ve been here before. We come here every year just before Easter to remember that before Jesus’ resurrection he was crucified on a cross for everyone to see. Good Friday is what this day has become to be called. Good…Holy. A special day that returns us to the cross, no matter where we may be in our journey. For some, Easter is the focus, the liminal time when we feel closest to the lovi

Sunday of the Passion: Palm Sunday, Year C, RCL Isaiah 50:4-9a, Philippians 2:5-11, Luke 19:28-40, 22:14-23:56 We know the story of Jesus’ Passion. After all, we just heard it. Yet Paul tells us that hearing the story is not enough. “Let the same mind be in you that was in Christ Jesus,” he says. In other words, we are to live life as Christ. Not only acting like Jesus but thinking like Jesus, having the same resolve that Jesus did while facing the cross. This is a tall order

Fifth Sunday in Lent, Year C, RCL Psalm 126 I’ve mentioned before my love of the Psalms. The beauty of its poetry, the challenge of its lessons. It never fails to be impactful to me. It’s no exception with today’s Psalm 126. This Psalm was likely written out of joy and gratitude to God upon the return of the Israelites from Babylonian captivity. “Then were we like those who dream.” Interesting choice of words there. THEN were we like those who dream. Then being the wo