What in the world is happening? What was good is now evil. What was clear is now blurry. The stars might as well have fallen out of the sky. The ocean might as well have reclaimed the land. Everything is wrong and disoriented and awful.
God has asked Abraham to kill Isaac.
Not only has God asked [...]
Archive for June, 2008
Proper 8, Year A, 2008
29Jun08Proper 6, Year A, 2008
15Jun08Sarah had waited twenty-four years. Twenty-four years have passed between last week’s passage and this week’s passage. Sarah has been following Abraham around a quarter of a century, waiting to see what God means by his blessing. Years after the original promise, not long before today’s reading, God told Abraham he would have as many [...]
Proper 5, Year A, 2008
08Jun08Not very many heroes of epic novels or movies get to stay in one location. Odysseus, Lawrence of Arabia, Huck Finn, Frodo, Marlow, Dante, Dorothy, Nemo, even the quirky family from Little Miss Sunshine! All of these characters go on a journey. Their journeys may be long or short, traumatic or hilarious, sacrificial or selfish. [...]
Proper 4, Year A, 2008
01Jun08Noah was a man with a vocation.
God called Noah, clear as a bell, and told him to build a boat. God told Noah to build a big boat. God told Noah to build a boat so big that it could hold a pair of every kind of animal under the sun.
Living in Crozet, we have [...]
