I wrote recently about surrendering the illusion that we are psychic and that we know the minds of others. I also suggested we give up thinking that others can read our minds. Jesus seemed to suggest ...Read More
Jesus said, “Unless a grain of wheat falls to the ground and dies it abides alone.” This saying, among others, probably did not win him lots of followers. If it wasn’t enough that he...Read More
Yesterday was Palm Sunday. I wonder how many preachers drew a parallel between the political parade that Jesus led into Jerusalem and the marches that took place around the country on Saturday, marche...Read More
Yesterday’s assigned Gospel lesson was about Nicodemus’s nighttime visit with Jesus. Fundamentalists love the part about being “born again” and use it as a litmus test for whet...Read More
Yesterday, many of us preached about the assigned Gospel lesson, which speaks of Jesus cleansing the temple. That story makes many of us uncomfortable because Jesus is not gentle nor meek nor pacifist...Read More
How did “liberal” become a four-letter word, especially in the South? The dictionary definition of liberal is: 1. open to new behavior or opinions and willing to discard traditional values...Read More
Yesterday was Transfiguration Sunday. Many churches read that story on the Sunday before Lent begins. It is an account of Jesus preparing himself for the journey to the cross, and it is an invitation ...Read More
CNN currently airs a commercial that shows nothing but a banana peel. The voiceover explains how someone can call it an apple again and again until, pretty soon, people start to believe it is an apple...Read More
The assigned lesson for this Sunday is from Mark 1:29-39. Jesus heals Peter’s mother-in-law and then proceeds to heal the many others in the city who streamed to him. Then, verse 35 notes, “In...Read More
One of the painful things about reading the Gospel is that Jesus extends grace to people even when they need it. I know that sounds strange, but if you have hung out in churches for any length of time...Read More
