Tag: Judas
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A Betrayable Life – A Sermon on John 13:21-32 For Wednesday In Holy Week
It’s easy and tempting to look at today’s gospel (John 13:21-32) and cast Jesus as the victim and Judas as the villain. It seems to be the usual interpretation. Maybe that’s a projection of our own experience of being betrayed. We feel like the victim. But Jesus never cast himself as the victim. He doesn’t Read more
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Our Self-Betrayals – A Sermon On John 13:21-32 For Wednesday In Holy Week
Over the years I’ve developed a pretty big soft spot for Judas. When I look at Judas I see myself. It wasn’t always like that though. For a long time Judas was simply the betrayer of Jesus. And that’s all he was, all he’d ever been, and all he would ever be. That’s probably what Read more
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The Messiness Of Betrayal – A Sermon On John 13:21-32 For Wednesday In Holy Week
I don’t know what to make of or do with today’s gospel (John 13:21-32). It raises more questions for me than it offers answers. There are some things that don’t fit or make sense to me. It’s a messy story, betrayals always are. The simplest and easiest thing to do with this story would be Read more
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Sometimes It’s Hard Being True To Ourselves – A Sermon On John 12:1-11 For Monday In Holy Week
Today’s gospel (John 12:1-11) is the one we hear every year on Monday in Holy Week, and every year it starts me thinking about Judas. What’s the first word that comes to mind when you hear the name Judas? My guess is that for many of us the first word we think of is Read more
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Smelling the Fragrance of Beauty – A Sermon On John 12:1-8
I want to think with you today about poverty and that last line from today’s gospel (John 12:1-8) in which Jesus says, “You always have the poor with you, but you do not always have me.” What do you make of that? Who are the poor Jesus is talking about? Whose faces do you see? Read more
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The Night Of Betrayal – A Sermon On John 13:21-32
Here’s my question. In what ways have you been the betrayer? Whom have you betrayed? And how did that happen? “Very truly, I tell you,” Jesus said, “one of you will betray me.” Everyone at the table looked around wondering who it was. I wonder if they looked at themselves or just each other. I… Read more
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Fragrancing Life – A Sermon On John 12:1-11
Here’s my question: In what ways are you fragrancing the life of others? I hope you understand that I’m not talking about perfume or rubbing someone’s feet. I’m asking about love. I am talking about the kind of love that is absolutely free and will cost us everything. I’m not talking about love that is… Read more
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Judas, More Than A Betrayer? – A Sermon On John 13:21-32 For Wednesday In Holy Week
Wednesday in Holy Week – John 13:21-32 What comes to mind when you hear the name Judas? For most of us, I suspect, the first thing we think of is betrayal. Judas is the one who betrayed Jesus. Judas is the one who made a deal with the authorities. Judas is the one who sold Read more
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Without A Why – A Sermon On John 12:1-8
“The rose has no why; it blossoms because it blossoms. It pays no attention to itself, nor does it ask whether anyone sees it.” What if we were to live like the rose, without a why? What if we blossomed simply because we blossomed. What if there was no motive or seeking to our blossoming; to… Read more
Interrupting the Silence 