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 […]
We don’t get to say
This is another Liturgical year so we are have another opportunity to think about Jesus’ baptism. This is one of the trickier Sundays of the year because there aren’t any definitive answers as to why Jesus was baptized, at least not definitive for me. I must confess that I wasn’t looking forward to this Sunday […]
Not exactly a diplomat
The Second Sunday of Advent is the Sunday of Peace. The Isaiah reading makes sense. The Romans reading makes sense. The Matthew reading . . . well it doesn’t really fit the theme. Or does it. I suppose it all comes back to what we think John the Baptist was trying to do; he wasn’t […]