In the church calendar, the weeks between Epiphany, January 6, and Ash Wednesday (February 14 in 2024) are identified with the preposition, “after”. Unlike Lent (in) and Advent and Easter (of), these are the weeks after an event. In Epiphany: The Season of Glory, Fleming Rutledge notes that the lectionary for this season “is remarkably […]

The other night, I couldn’t fall asleep. This doesn’t happen. I fall asleep, often before I can finish praying through my nightly prayer. But this time, I was awake. Eventually, I went downstairs to the sofa and covered up. I listened to the house creak, I listened to the boiler, I listened to my breathing. […]

Rich Dixon is back with more words from Monte. +++ Someone once commented that Monte’s thoughts sound a lot like things Jesus might have said. When I look through his eyes, I don’t see much of the junk that makes my life so unnecessarily complicated. I see things like trust, and relationship, and living in […]

Philip had a bunch of information about Jesus. “He was the one that Moses wrote about. He’s one that the prophets wrote about. He’s from Nazareth. He’s the son of Joseph.” From one little conversation with Jesus, it seems, Philip knew a lot. We guess this because right after Jesus invited Philip to follow him, […]

After all, I’m off work for a few days with a bug. And my thinking is running a bit slow. But the way I think is with my fingers. At the moment, writing this note to you gives me some focus, some distraction, something different than napping and watching the Packers win and watching other […]