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Cowboy, cancer, blind man, sin and an attempt to connect dots that emerged from today’s Gospel
John 9:1 As he walked along, he saw a man blind from birth. 2His disciples asked him, ‘Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?’ 3Jesus answered, ‘Neither this man nor his parents sinned; he … Continue reading
Truth and Witness from a Bed of Clouds
Acts 12:6 The very night before Herod was going to bring him out, Peter, bound with two chains, was sleeping between two soldiers, while guards in front of the door were keeping watch over the prison. 7Suddenly an angel of the … Continue reading
Truth? Freedom?
John 8:31 Then Jesus said to the Jews who had believed in him, ‘If you continue in my word, you are truly my disciples; 32and you will know the truth, and the truth will make you free.’ This is an often-quoted … Continue reading
Church Pew, Bar Stool and the Broad Place
For whatever reason the Holy Spirit has moved my thoughts recently from the Word to music-lyric expressions of a biblical idea. And many in the past few weeks have landed in the country music realm. I listen to a lot of country … Continue reading
Getting down to the heart of the matter…forgiveness?
The Old Testament readings from the lectionary the past few weeks began in the first chapter of Job and trots the reader through chapter by chapter like a world-class tennis match. Job on one side, friends on the other in the … Continue reading
Steadfast, relentless love
My son and I were working on a fix-it project the other day. The interest and capability to fix things around the house, in the car, all things mechanical or things that require assembly – well, that I inherited from my … Continue reading
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By Jesus’ light we see the forest through the trees
From the gospel reading today (John 3:1-21) 3 Now there was a Pharisee named Nicodemus, a leader of the Jews. 2 He came to Jesus by night and said to him, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher who has come from God; … Continue reading
…too afraid of his family….
Judges 6:27So Gideon took ten of his servants, and did as the Lord had told him; but because he was too afraid of his family and the townspeople to do it by day, he did it by night. The family and Gideon’s … Continue reading
God is my co-pilot
The readings this morning had me on all sorts of bunny trails and I am glad to see that readers will dip back into Judges for the conclusion of The Song of Deborah so that I may share some of … Continue reading
Hot Air
It’s Thursday, but I read Friday’s selections, so the reflection here is on Acts 2. The reading from the Book of Acts reports the Holy Spirit descending upon all the people in Jerusalem – Jews and Gentiles – transforming their divided tongues into … Continue reading
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