Disciples, Apostles, and Saints! I try to have a playful relationship with the feast of the Ascension, which is one of the principal feasts of the church. Not irreverent, exactly, but joyful and honest. Because, of all the doctrinally significant aspects of the Jesus Event, this one is the …
A Word: Our Work is Relationship
The Love Command in ActionEaster 6A | John 14:15-21 We get philosophical Jesus this morning, don’t we? Here he is, describing the Advocate and the Trinitarian nature of God. It is all very heady, in that way. And for a lot of people, this is incredibly instructive because they want to …
Rogation Sunday
Disciples, Apostles, and Saints! One of the traditions of the church is to offer blessing to homes, farms, gardens, and spaces of new life during the Easter season. At a time when people plant tomatoes and annuals, till and seed the fields, we offer a blessing to the soil. Jesus uses a lot of …
