Fourth Sunday of Easter, Year B May 3, 2009 Psalm 23; John 10:11-18 In the name of Jesus, the Good Shepherd whose voice gathers the church into being. Amen. It’s called the “messiah complex,” an insidious little fantasy that allows someone to believe that they alone can save someone, something … that they can andContinue reading “I am Not the Good Shepherd (Easter 4, Year B)”
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The Human Element (Easter 2, Year B)
The Second Sunday of Easter, Year B April 19, 2009 1 John 1:1-2:2; John 20:19-31 In the name of our risen Lord, Jesus Christ. Amen. “It’s so full of life. It’s not quite what you’d expect.” My dad made these comments yesterday as we walked from the FDR Memorial to the World War II Memorial,Continue reading “The Human Element (Easter 2, Year B)”
An Unsettling Liturgy for an Unsettling Faith (Holy Thursday, Year B)
Holy Thursday, Year B April 9, 2009 Exodus 12:1-14; John 13:1-17, 31b-35 Grace, mercy and peace be to you from God the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Amen. Unsettling. Tonight’s liturgy is unsettling. For we who regularly attend, who are settled in our ways of worship, this liturgy is unsettling in that it has aContinue reading “An Unsettling Liturgy for an Unsettling Faith (Holy Thursday, Year B)”
Dying to Live: A Parable in Pixar (Lent 5, Year B)
The Fifth Sunday in Lent, Year B March 29, 2009 John 12:20-33 Grace, Mercy and Peace be to you, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. The Letter to the Hebrews begins with this famous line, "Long ago God spoke to our ancestors in many and various ways by the prophets, butContinue reading “Dying to Live: A Parable in Pixar (Lent 5, Year B)”
The Church is a Messy Emergency Ward (Lent 2, Year B)
The Second Sunday in Lent, Year BMarch 8, 2009Mark 8:31-38 In the name of Jesus, who underwent great suffering, who was rejected, and who was killed. Amen. I’m intrigued by the split between private and public in today’s Gospel reading . . .The passage opens with Jesus describing what will happen to him – Continue reading “The Church is a Messy Emergency Ward (Lent 2, Year B)”
The Lutheran Zephyr 