Yesterday we said that Jesus chooses to go to people who admit they aren’t perfect. Here’s the continuation of that story: +++ 2. But it’s pretty clear that Jesus isn’t willing to leave people where they are, in lives that don’t work. We think about that often. “Well, Jesus was loving. He wouldn’t reject me.” […]

Yesterday was the fourth Sunday of Lent. Easter is three weeks away. That may feel surprising to you. It does to me. Time is confusing right now. Everything is confusing right now. In the Gospel text for yesterday, Luke 15, there are three stories that may be familiar to us, even if we haven’t spent […]

God, We are here.You are there. We are not sure where here is, if we are honest. We watch the seasons change, we watch our parents change, our children change. We lose jobs and friends, we change houses and towns, we find callings and cancer. And we feel lost. And we are not sure where […]

I’m teaching a homiletics (preaching) course right now. I’m still trying to figure out how to be most helpful. In this version of the course, in addition to other course work, learners choose a Bible text (from a list) and prepare two talks. In the first one, they spend time with the text, reading, reflecting, […]