The use of the word “strange” was intentionally provocative . . . and to let me have a couple of words of alliteration. The three stories we are talking about this Sunday aren’t exactly strange but they certainly aren’t what anyone would call ordinary. Our Old Testament lesson is the story of Isaiah being taken…
We like explanations, or perhaps more correctly, we don’t like unexplained things. There is nothing wrong with this, of course, it is part of what makes us human. But what do we do when there is no explanation? This happens quite frequently when we read Scripture. There are many, many things we can’t explain especially…
So what would you rather have a gift or the ability to perform miracles? It is a peculiar question to be sure but there is a reason to ask it. The New Testament readings in the Lectionary this week are the very well-known story of Jesus turning water into wine at a wedding—a miracle—and Paul…