Some weeks, the moment I read the Lectionary texts I know exactly where we need to go on Sunday. Some weeks it is a bit more of a search. This week was one of the latter. It wasn’t that I had no idea where to go but rather, I had an idea that wouldn’t come […]
Weakness and forgiveness, related to each other?
Weakness and forgiveness don’t really seem related to each other, at least not immediately. I’m not convinced I really drew the two ideas together very well this week but there was something about the juxtaposition of Romans 14:1-12 and Matthew 18:21-35 that grabbed me. What I was trying to do was help us see how […]
Paradox, another visit
So last week we talked about mystery and this week we are talking about paradox. As I mentioned in at least one of the sermons, this is not a course on how to think. Although, if we all end up thinking better than we did before I’ll call that a double win. Being a follower […]