Mark 6:14-29 & 2 Samuel 6:1-5, 12b-19 The story of the death of John the Baptist is a gruesome and theatrical one, a strange blip in the middle of a record of Jesus’s public ministry. Other than Mark’s brief introduction to the tale, which is really just a short list of rumors being spread aboutContinue reading “The Dance of Power”
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Partners in Ministry
Mark 6:1-13 Having just returned from a visit to my hometown, where I spent time among my own kin and in my family homes, I feel a particular closeness with Jesus in this passage. Ben and I went to Louisville to work, to represent our parishes and our diocese in a meeting of over aContinue reading “Partners in Ministry”
Naming the Hurt
Mark 5:21-43 For the past ten days, as many of you know, I have been in my hometown of Louisville Kentucky for the 81st General Convention of the Episcopal Church. It was a marathon of worship, parliamentary procedure, networking, reconnecting with old friends and mentors, and learning. I look forward to talking with you moreContinue reading “Naming the Hurt”
A Gardener’s Faith
Mark 4:26-34 This past Friday, I got a text from Ben about my garden. He had seen our neighbor groundhog investigating my herb garden. It’s honestly amazing that we haven’t seen him in there sooner, because he’s made himself two different entrances into our yard under our fence, both of which are protected from ourContinue reading “A Gardener’s Faith”
A New Kind of Family
Mark 3:20-35 Every time I have explored this Gospel passage in a Bible study with others, someone has made the honest observation that we don’t much like this part. Jesus seems angry, and impatient, and he is apparently very willing to abandon and disown his mother and siblings. He gives his detractors mysterious and complicatedContinue reading “A New Kind of Family”
May We Listen
1 Samuel 3:1-10(11-20) When you walk around wearing head to toe black with a white band around your neck, you hear a lot of people’s opinions about the Church. Sometimes people rush to tell you where they go to church and who their pastor is, or how often they go to church, or what denominationContinue reading “May We Listen”
Praying with the Spirit
Romans 8:12-17 I did not truly learn how to pray until I was a young adult. I grew up in a Christian home, I went to my family’s Episcopal Church every Sunday, I attended youth group and Christian summer camp, I loved church and the prayerbook and I listened to the sermons as best IContinue reading “Praying with the Spirit”
There Will Be Life
Ezekiel 37:1-14 Mortal, can these bones live? O Lord God, you know. The vision of Ezekiel reads like a ghost story, or the plot of a zombie movie. Ezekiel finds himself in a vast valley, and as far as the eye can see, the ground is covered with bones. These bare skeletons are everywhere, andContinue reading “There Will Be Life”
What is to Prevent Me?
Acts 8:26-40 The Ethiopian eunuch is one of my favorite people in scripture. I know that might sound strange, since he is only mentioned in this one passage, he never meets Jesus in person, and we don’t even know his name. But I love him, and I want to tell you why. This man, thisContinue reading “What is to Prevent Me?”
To Be Heroes
1 John 3:16-24 We know love by this, that he laid down his life for us– and we ought to lay down our lives for one another. How does God’s love abide in anyone who has the world’s goods and sees a brother or sister in need and yet refuses help? Little children, let usContinue reading “To Be Heroes”
Mother A Writes 