Disciples, Apostles, and Saints! I have long championed the use of words we might not fully appreciate. Words that have either lost their true meaning or those that have been narrowed by the way some would use them. Discipline is one of those words. It brings to mind self-control and …
A Word: Into the Wild
Mark doesn't tell us what is tempting Jesus in the wilderness. But we know what it is about. Because we know what tempts us. The seduction of temptationLent 1B | Mark 1:9-15 The first Sunday in Lent is always the Temptation in the Wilderness. And when we read Mark’s version, …
Ashes
Disciples, Apostles, and Saints! On Ash Wednesday, we remind one another of our mortality. As customs go, this is an odd one. And to do so with ashes on our foreheads is more so. Because that oddity is the point. We don’t like talking about death. So we push ourselves to do it this day. And we …
