There are some things I wonder about every year. For example, in a few months, I’ll be wondering how I got this old. But this is Words From the Middle, not miscellaneous wonderings so . . . Every year we have The Baptism of the Lord Sunday and every year I find myself thinking about […]
You say “Peace is coming” but what does that even mean?
One of the things that characterizes most religions, and Christianity no less than any other, is a promise of peace. Peace of all sorts. Sometimes it is universal, global peace. Sometimes it is peace with yourself. Sometimes it is peace with the environment. But what does it actually mean? At its most essential, peace is […]
Why did Jesus get baptized?
As I have mentioned more than once before, one of the most aggravating things about following the Lectionary is having to go over the same thing every year; also, one of the best things about the Lectionary is going over the same thing every year. Seems I’m a little conflicted. The aggravation comes from the […]