Sometimes we read about some of the things God does and think, “that’s not fair.” And I understand that feeling. Even when I know that fair isn’t the standard, I still sometimes wonder. Sometimes, however, there has been clear and fair warning. Jesus gets off the donkey at the end of the parade and walks […]

Two disciples did exactly what Jesus asked them to do. A crowd guided him to Jerusalem. People in the city wondered who he was, wondered what all the noise was. In one short story, we have lots of pictures of reactions to Jesus. I have heard a lot of sermons, nearly fifty Palm Sunday’s worth, […]

Here’s where we’ve been this week. No need to be original Sometimes we work hard to be original. We want to say something new. We want to be creative and innovative. We want to make our mark. Sometimes the best thing to be is a copy. We repeat what we’ve heard. We teach what we’ve […]

We’re sitting at the edge of the end of the beginning part. I’ve been balancing on the border between chapter 20 and chapter 21 of Matthew for two weeks now. You don’t know that because it made sense for me to take a retreat, and then I’ve been looking closely at the end of chapter […]