Posts from March 2022
Transfiguration and Ashes
March 3, 2022 Jesus went up the mountain with three of his disciples to pray. As he prays he is transformed, his outer appearance changes, it is transfigured as he shines with the very glory of God. This change in outward appearance reveals the truth of Jesus’ identity as God’s beloved and chosen son. The Son shines like the Sun that we might see the ways…
Forgiveness
February 24, 2022 It is not lost on me that in the week where we heard so directly about forgiveness and mercy and looking to our neighbor with love and compassion, the world is reeling from violence as Russia conducts a military operation in Ukraine. Last Sunday, I quoted author and pastor Rob Bell, “Forgiveness is setting someone free, and then realizing…
On The Level
February 17, 2022We’re familiar with the beatitudes, we know the powerful words of blessing Jesus speaks to those all-too-often pushed to the margins and excluded. Most of the time when we remember them, we think of the setting from Matthew, the Sermon on the Mount. In Luke’s account of these words of blessing, Jesus is in a level place. The level place has…