Context is one of those tricky things, at least it can be tricky. Today’s sermon is taken from St. Paul’s statement in 1 Corinthians, “I have become all things to all people.” (1 Corinthians 9:22b NRSV) It was all too easy for me, especially when I was younger, to look at Paul’s statement and write […]
It is all about context
When we don’t have the correct context it is very difficult to understand what is going on. A pastor of my acquaintance, newly installed at a church, was reported to be “having lunch with a blonde” by a, no doubt well-meaning, parishioner who had never met the pastor’s daughter, the daughter had been away school. […]
Context is everything
The title of this blog post was originally going to be something about relativity but then I thought that “context” might capture the essence of these sermons a bit better. We have arrived at the second week of Advent and for some this might be the hardest week to make it through, Christmas is still […]