Disciples, Apostles, and Saints! In John’s gospel, Jesus refers to the Holy Spirit as “the Advocate;” a word with legal implications, just like the word witness. This isn’t an accident. But I don’t think we need to go so far as to see it in litigious terms, but in terms of social …
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A Word: Live Differently
The sacred call to walk in loveEaster 7B | John 17:6-19 On Thursday, we celebrated the Ascension of Jesus—one of the seven principal feasts of the church—and the one in which we say goodbye to the physical Jesus. It is a fascinating feast, celebrated forty days after Easter Day. One of …
A Word: Inseparable
The strange beauty of human connectionEaster 5B | John 15:1-8 Vines, growth, God, participation, pruning, fire, glorified, become my disciples. Jesus offers an image from the natural world to speak of a relationship that transcends nature. Which means our vision of the image must transcend …
