We have spent our time recounting and remembering the stories of Jesus presence with his disciples following his death on the cross. Somehow, the sense of that presence was enough to propel them outward into the world to share that love with others.… Read the rest “Offering Meditation for Easter Sunday – 5-Apr-26”
Isaiah's words for today talk about one who did not return evil for evil. That's a model for us as well, but we're also called to, as Jesus did, bring good into the world, to show the Realm of God coming into being.… Read the rest “Offering Meditation for Palm/Passion Sunday 29-Mar-26”
It might be a bit of an oversight in scripture that Lazarus was never talked about again. What would it have been like to literally be a living, breathing, testament to the power of God?
We may never have our lives restored by God in that way, but we too can be living, breathing testaments to God's power and love through our actions in this world.… Read the rest “Offering Meditation for Lent 5a – 22-Mar-26”
The writer of John doesn't have a lot of patience for these Pharisees, mostly because something amazing was happening right before their eyes and many of them tried to figure out what was wrong with it. Jesus even tells them that they are deliberately not seeing.… Read the rest “Offering Meditation for Lent 4a – 15-March-26”
Before people can recognize God's love, they usually have to see it in a concrete form. For the woman at the well, it was a Jew who talked with her rather than yelling at her about what was wrong with her.… Read the rest “Offering Meditation for Lent 3a – 8-Mar-26”
One of the things that passes in Jesus' and Nicodemus' conversation is the idea that you need to get the basics right before you can hope to understand the deep things. "You are Israel's teacher and do you not understand these things?"… Read the rest “Offering Meditation for Lent 2a – 1-Mar-26”
Most of us will never face the temptation to rule the world at the cost of our soul, but we do face temptations daily to place our own security and our own comfort over the needs of others.… Read the rest “Offering Meditation for Lent A1 – 22-Feb-26”
In our passage for today, Jesus is speaking about the ways that our actions have impact on the lives of others around us. He says, for instance, that even being verbally cruel to others can harm them to the extent that it should be ranked with murder!… Read the rest “Offering Meditation for Epiphany A6 – 15-Feb-26”
What makes the world livable? What helps us see the world in a light that gives us hope?
Surely acts of kindness and love do that better than anything else we do.
As hard as we struggle to make sense of the world and as far away as hope seems at times, dedicating our time and efforts and resources to sharing God's love in our world through concrete acts of justice and caring bring our world closer to the realm of God.… Read the rest “Offering Meditation for Epiphany A5 – 8-Feb-26”
"Blessed are the poor." "Blessed are the meek."
It sounds counter-intuitive and it's supposed to. The fact that it doesn't fit our experience in this world causes us to consider what sort of a world it would be if we could see more examples of this.… Read the rest “Offering Meditation for Epiphany A4 – 01-Feb-26”