An Unexpected Mix

RCL – Second Sunday in Lent – March 4, 2012 Genesis 17:1-7, 15-16 Psalm 22:23-31 Romans 4:13-25 Mark 8:31-38 I have an odd mix of events swirling in my head this week. Monday’s school shooting in Chardon, OH and how little this actually made the news (at least here in the Northeast). Santorum wanting to … Read More

Noah and Other Thoughts

RCL – First Sunday in Lent – 2/26/12 Genesis 9:8-17 Psalm 25:1-10 1 Peter 3:18-22 Mark 1:9-15 Freezing followed by flooding in along the Danube River. Journalists killed in Syria. Austerity Laws in Greece and Portugal. Russia warns Israel against attacking Iran. Rising gas price in the US threaten the economy. These were just a … Read More

It’s a Mystery

RCL – Transfiguration – 2/19/12 2 Kings 2:1-12 Psalm 50:1-6 2 Corinthians 4:3-6 Mark 9:2-9 Let me say at the outset, that I find these mystical texts to be both fascinating and disturbing. Elisha’s vision of fiery chariots and Peter’s, James’, and John’s vision of a glowing Jesus talking with Moses and Elijah are so far from … Read More

Consider Healing

RCL for 2/12/12: 2 Kings 5:1-14 Psalm 30 1 Corinthians 9:24-27 Mark 1:40-45 But Naaman became angry and went away, saying, “I thought that for me he would surely come out, and stand and call on the name of the Lord his God, and would wave his hand over the spot, and cure the leprosy! … Read More

Have you not heard?

RCL for 2/5/12: Isaiah 40:21-31 Psalm 147:1-11, 20c 1 Corinthians 9:16-23 Mark 1:29-39 Why do you say, O Jacob, and speak, O Israel, “My way is hidden from the Lord, and my right is disregarded by my God”? Have you not known? Have you not heard? The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of … Read More