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Our gospel reading is the story of Jesus' institution of the Lord's Supper with that all-important phrase, "Do this in remembrance of me." But there's an important point in the text just following: Jesus tells his disciples, who were (again) arguing about who was the greatest, that the greatest among them was the one who serves...… Read the rest “Table Meditation (Gospel) for 24-Nov-19”
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Our gospel reading for today is filled with all kinds of scary stuff, persecutions, family members turning against one another, people being brought before judges to explain their faith. Through all of that, Jesus says that we need not be filled with fear.… Read the rest “Table Meditation (Gospel) for 17-Nov-19”
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In our gospel reading for today, Jesus talks about marriage and says that when God's Realm comes fully into being, it will no longer be necessary. In a broader sense, Jesus is warning us that a lot of what we consider to be important aspects of our life here and now will be exchanged for other things in the Realm of God.… Read the rest “Table Meditation (Gospel) for 10-Nov-19”
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I'm sure I don't need to tell you that Zacchaeus wasn't the only sinner in Jericho. It wasn't that he was the best of the worst either. It probably wasn't that Jesus knew that he'd have a change of heart if given the chance.… Read the rest “Table Meditation (Gospel) for 3-Nov-19”
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Every so often, we need to be reminded that we all come before God as sinners, wholly dependent on God's grace. Like the tax collector in our gospel passage for today, the best thing we can say is, "Lord, have mercy upon me, a sinner."
It is here at this table that we receive that mercy.… Read the rest “Table Meditation (Gospel) for 27-Oct-19”
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Unlike the unjust judge in the parable for today, God is, as Jesus tells us, ready and more than willing to seek justice for us. We have no greater example of the love of God than what we remember here at this table: God did not withhold even his own son, but sent him to show us the way and bring us life and wholeness.… Read the rest “Table Meditation (Gospel) for 20-Oct-19”
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Like the lepers in the story from the gospel for today, we don't approach God thinking we're worthy. Rather, we rely solely on the mercy of God to receive us. The lepers were physically ill, seeking both healing from their disease and restoration to their community that the disease had cut them off from.… Read the rest “Table Meditation (Gospel) for 13-Oct-19”
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In the parable that Jesus tells in the gospel reading for today, he says that a master would never say to a servant, "Come here at once and take your place at the table." Yet that is exactly what Jesus is saying to us now.… Read the rest “Table Meditation (Gospel) for 6-Oct-19”
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At the most basic level, the story of the Rich Man and Lazarus warns us that God expects us to give out of all the good things we receive; that even those we see as outcast and forgotten are not forgotten by God.… Read the rest “Table Meditation (Gospel) for 29-Sep-19”
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The gospel writer reminds us this week that we need to be faithful in the small things to prepare us to be faithful in the larger things. It makes a lot of sense.… Read the rest “Table Meditation (Gospel) for 22-Sep-19”