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The Stone has been Rolled Away and the Tomb is Empty, Luke 24:1-12
He died but he’s not dead. That’s the paradox of Easter. It’s the story we tell every year. It never changes. It always ends the same way. The stone has been rolled away and the tomb is empty. I can’t explain how it happened but I want to be told again and again that it did…
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In the Hell of Life, Holy Saturday
“When one door closes another opens,” goes an old and popular saying. But what about that time in between, after one door closes but before another opens? What do we do then? As a friend of mine once said, “It’s hell when you are waiting in the hallway.” That’s where we are today. The door…
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The Crucifixion as Revelation and not Causation
So what does it all mean? What difference does the crucifixion make? Does God love us more because Jesus died on the cross? Are we somehow more acceptable, more tolerable, to God because Jesus suffered? Have we been brought closer to God because his son was executed by a Roman governor who gave in to…
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A New Position and Role as Lover, John 13:1-17, 31-35
It’s not hard to imagine that after the supper fiasco in Bethany – Mary anointing Jesus’ feet, Judas’ outburst, and Jesus talking about his death – the disciples might have been looking forward to a quiet evening, just a regular supper, just some food and conversation. That’s how tonight’s supper began but that’s not how…
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“Lord, who is it?” A Sermon on John 13:21-32
He was the one they had waited for. They had grown up hearing stories of his coming. Then one day he showed up and chose them to be his friends and students, to follow and learn. He took them new places. He taught them new ideas and ways of living. He revealed God and showed…
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Dying to See Jesus, A Sermon on John 12:20-36
“Sir, we wish to see Jesus,” they said to Philip. It’s not an unusual request. I suspect most of us have said or thought it. Twice a week the children in our parish school sing, “Open our eyes Lord, we want to see Jesus.” I wonder, however, if the visitors who came to Philip had…
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Limits or Love? A Sermon on John 12:1-11
Three hundred denarii is just too much money to waste. That’s nearly a year’s worth of daily wages, an annual income. Who does that? Why would anyone do that? That’s neither practical nor reasonable. It makes no sense. Why does all of it have to be poured out? Something that valuable should at least be…
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Oscar Romero: “Let my blood be a seed of freedom.”
Yesterday was the Feast of Oscar Romero. A comment on yesterday’s post pointed me to The Martyr’s Project and this video about Archbishop Romero.
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On the Feast of Oscar Romero
“A bishop will die, but the Church which is the people will never perish.” – Archbishop Oscar Romero Feast Day, March 24
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Interrupting the Silence 