What is Jesus doing?
If you were his political advisor, you would freak out when witnessing our Gospel scene today. You would pull Jesus aside and say, “Dude, you can’t just waltz through Samaria. And you definitely, definitely cannot go hang out at the local well.”
You see, Jacob’s well is not any old well. Jacob’s well [...]
Archive for February, 2008
Lent 3, Year A, 2008
24Feb08Lent 1, Year A, 2008
10Feb08You’re a fraud, a fake, a charlatan.
That’s a rather rude way to open a sermon, isn’t it? Well, I can say all those things about you with great confidence, because I, too am a fraud, a fake and a charlatan. We all are. That is part of our human condition.
Being married has been extremely eye [...]
Ash Wednesday, Year A, 2008
06Feb08Today we begin, what seems far too soon, the season of Lent. We take off our Mardi Gras beads, put away the pot of chili from the Superbowl game, and turn off CNN after watching Super Tuesday coverage. We quiet ourselves, center ourselves, and open ourselves to Jesus’ journey to Jerusalem and his own death.
To [...]
