Is there any story in the Bible more horrifying than the sacrifice of Isaac? Why would God, who had given Isaac to Abraham in the first place, then turn around and ask Abraham to kill his own son? Even at the end of the story, when God rescues Isaac by giving Abraham a ram as [...]
Archive for March, 2006
Ash Wednesday, Year B, 2006
05Mar06From our Psalm today: “He redeems your life from the grave, and crowns you with mercy and loving-kindness”
Today we gather to observe Ash Wednesday. We gather to remember our mortality, to repent of our sins, and to prepare ourselves for Lent. This service is a painful one-full of images of our brokenness and our sin, [...]
