Posts from 2010
- God, in Christ, has Earned it For Us by Halden Doerge (1/8/2010)To many the baptism of the Lord has always seemed like something of an oddity. And if it mysterious to us why Jesus underwent baptism at the beginning of his ministry, we should remember that it was no less mysterious to John the Baptizer. W...
- The Joy of Not Being in Charge by Ragan Sutterfield (1/12/2010)Isaiah 62:1-5; Psalm 36:5-10; 1 Corinthians 12:1-11; John 2:1-11 Norman Wirzba, in his book Living the Sabbath, follows the medieval rabbi Rashi in saying that the divine work was not completed in six days, but in seven, and that what remained to be created on the seventh day was menuha: “the rest, tranquility, serenity, and peace of God.” Wirzba writes that God’s rest “when understood within a menuha context, is not simply a cessation from activity but rather the lifting up and celebration...
- Peace to God's People and Earth by Tobias Winright (1/19/2010)Pope Benedict XVI's World Day of Peace Message for January 1, 2010, was "If You Want to Cultivate Peace, Protect Creation." Initially published on December 15 to coincide with the international climate gathering in Copenhagen, this brief reflection builds on a few paragraphs concerning the environment that were included in his social encyclical, Caritas in Veritate, which was issued last summer. If you have read Ragan Sutterfield's EP pamphlet, The Word Read by Janice Love (1/19/2010)Psalm 19; I Corinthians 12:12-31a; Luke 4:14-21 “Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable to you, O LORD, my rock and my redeemer.” (Psalm 19:14) Not acceptable to me, not acceptable to us, not acceptable to others. Acceptable to you, O LORD, our rock and our redeemer. Because the words may very well, if faithful, make us weep in remembrance of who we have been and who we really are. Because they may at first be sweet as honey, but later bitter to the point of making us want to try to pitch Christ off the nearest cliff. We have such rich texts to host this week in anticipation of S...
- Let’s Talk About Haiti by Brent Laytham (1/21/2010)
As I wrote in our monthly newsletter, I’m confident we are already praying for the Haitian church and people "with our hands and feet, our sweat and tears, our time and money." This way of putting things, and deep wisdom about natural disaster, are found in Debra Dean Murphy’s eloquent blog. With agrarians like Norman Wirzba and Ragan Sutterfield in our midst, I’ve been mindful that Haiti’s crisis was made over centuries of political and economic injustice, culminating in decades of ecological devastation. Things didn't first go wrong when the earth shook last week, but in the last few decades as deforestation made the soil slide down the mountains and as the ...- Love and Virtue by Mark Ryan (1/25/2010)
I Corinthians 13:1-13 I have never found it easy to move from scripture to theological concepts like virtue when I am teaching. A gap seems to grow up within the flow of my thinking. Kenneth Kirk, a former Anglican bishop of Oxford, noted in a work on the Christian moral life that “from the Bible alone we can choose any one of innumerable different passages or pictures as a groundwork…” He names parts of the Old Testament, the Gospels, and the “hymn of love” (1 Cor. 13) as good choices. “Yet it is to be noticed… that Western theology, at all events… has on the whole chosen to base its picture of the Christian ideal not on any one of these scriptural foundations, but upon a pagan classification of virtue.” I find solace in Bishop Kirk’s...- On Becoming a Seraph by Jake Wilson (2/2/2010)
The sixth chapter of Isaiah concludes the opening section of the book with a vision of God and the calling of a prophet. In the year that King Uzziah died Isaiah is gifted with a vision of God in the Temple. The vision offers relatively few details of God’s appearance. All we are told is that the Lord was sitting on a throne, high and lofty and that the hem ...- And Now, Please Rise… by Ekklesia Project (2/10/2010)
Andy Alexis-Baker at Jesus Radicals calls our attention to a disappointing change in policy at Goshen College. Please consider Andy’s suggested responses in the concluding update....- Unrealistic Stories and Beginning…Again by Brian Volck (2/10/2010)
Transfiguration Sunday (Revised Common Lectionary): Luke 9:28-36, (37-43); Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Catholic Lectionary): Luke 6:17, 20-26 On this Sunday before Lent, when Christian traditions have every reason to be on the...- How Well Do We Let Scripture Claim Us? by Jenny Williams (2/15/2010)
Luke 4:1-13 One of the interpretations of this text that I have favored in recent years is that Jesus resisted temptation to do even things that have good results. If he turns stones into bread, he can feed the hungry people in the whole world. If he gives his allegiance to the devil, the whole world will belong to Jesus in an instant. If h...- Enduring Desire by Doug Lee (2/24/2010)
Genesis 15:1-12, 17-18; Philippians 3:17-4:1; Luke 13:31-35 Having passed through the devil’s testing in the wilderness in last week’s lectionary text from Luke, Jesus contends next with testing that tak...- Sooner or Later by Kyle Childress (3/5/2010)
Luke 13: 1-9 Many years ago I heard Walter Brueggemann say to a room full of preachers, “We must always hold before our people God’s commands to obedience. Always. But we must also always be patient with one another as we fail to heed those commands. Always.” The...- Celebrate! by Janice Love (3/9/2010)
Luke 15: 1-3, 11-32 To see as God sees. I have had the delight this Lent to have always before me the picture of Charles McCollough’s sculpture, “The Return of the Prodigal.” (pictured*) It has led me to contemplate not only the joy of heaven over one sinner who repents but also the suffering of God over the lost, the dead, t...- Insurrection Sunday by Ragan Sutterfield (3/26/2010)
Luke 19:28-40; Isaiah 50:4-9a; Psalm 31:9-16; Luke 22:14-23:56 “For I hear the whispering of many— terror all around!— as they scheme together against me, as they...- Grounded Hope by Debra Dean Murphy (4/2/2010)
Psalm 118: 1-2, 14-24; John 20:1-18 Supposing him to be the gardener, she said to him, “Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have laid him, and I will take him away.” (John 20:15) Let us not mock God with metap...- Speaking Out by Mark Ryan (4/10/2010)
Our readings for this week show both the irrepressible quality of the good news about what God has done for Israel in Jesus Christ (Acts 5) and why that is so—that is the divine origin of the irrepressibility (John 20:19-31). To begin with the scene in Acts 5:27, the text asks us to imagine a dramatic conflict where the revelation of God comes crashing up against the conventions—ideologies, r...- Struck Blind on the Damascus Road by Jake Wilson (4/16/2010)
Acts 9.1-20 The conversion of Saul provides us with the New Testament example of a conversion experience. Saul’s transformation from a persecutor of the Lord to an Apostle continues to serve as a word of hope to the sin soaked conscience of those who feel that truly their failings are too great to be forgiven. ...- In Unity We Lift Our Song by Jenny Williams (4/22/2010)
John 10:22-30; Revelation 7:9-17 One of the many blessings in my life has been the gift of church music. I grew up in a family who valued music and in a church that valued music. Because I was reared in a high steeple church, I was privileged to be exposed at a young age to string ensembles,...- Apocalypse of Love by Brian Volck (4/29/2010)
“Behold,” says the One who sits on the throne, “I make all things new.” God dwells with humanity. Tears, pain and mourning are no more. It sounds wonderful. Sign me up. “I give you a new commandment,” says Jesus to the Eleven...- Courage to be Whole by Kyle Childress (5/5/2010)
Jesus is in Jerusalem and he goes by the Pool of Bethesda. This pool, fed by an underground spring, is down, off of the street, and is surrounded by porticoes offering some shade and shelter. Legend said that on occasion an angel would trouble the waters of the pool and the first person into the water would...- Seventh Sunday of Easter by Debra Dean Murphy (5/12/2010)
John 17:20-26 [Two lectionary posts this week: one for the Seventh Sunday of Easter and one for Ascension Sunday (reposted from May 2009)] "I ask not only on behalf of these, but also on behalf of those who will believe in me through their word, that they may all be one." (John 17:20-21a). It seems there’s not much talk o...- Ascension Sunday by Debra Dean Murphy (5/12/2010)
Acts 1:1-11; Psalm 47; Ephesians 1:15-23; Luke 24:44-53 St. Augustine considered the Feast of the Ascension the crown of all Christian festivals. Today we may give it an obligatory nod as we ...- Soldiers of Conscience by Brian Volck (5/25/2010)
Whatever your stance on war, here are some contemporary voices to consider, voices much closer to the reality of killing than most of us. For those who wish to learn more about the documentary, visit the Trinity Sunday by Ragan Sutterfield (5/28/2010)Proverbs 8:1-4, 22-31; Romans 5:1-5; John 16:12-15 I must admit, I am not very comfortable with spirits. God the Father, God the Son—these are concrete realities that...- All Things Shining by Brian Volck (6/2/2010)
Revised Common Lectionary, Second Sunday after Pentecost: 1 Kings 17: 8-16, 17-24; Luke 7:11-17 / Catholic Lectionary, Feast of Corpus Christi: Genesis 14:18-20, Wrath and Mercy, Law and Grace by Debra Dean Murphy (6/8/2010)Third Sunday After Pentecost – 13 June 2010 1 Kings 21:1-21a; Psalm 5:1-8; Galatians 2:15-21; Luke 7:36-8:3 (Revised Common Lectionary) The readings for this Sunday, taken all ...- Zealous for the Lord by Janice Love (6/16/2010)
I admit to admiration for Elijah’s zeal for the LORD, though perhaps not always for his...- Freedom and Obedience by Jake Wilson (6/24/2010)
Galatians 5:1, 13-26 In Bound to be Free: Evangelical Catholic Engagements in Ecclesiology, Ethics, and Ecumenism Reinhard Hütter notes that speech about freedom often confuses different types of freedom. The freedom of autonomy differs from political freedom which differs s...- Three Funerals and a Wedding by Doug Lee (6/30/2010)
Maple syrup has no business running off my pancakes into the sausage links. Sweet and spicy don’t belong together. It’s a violation of the natural order of things. This was my settled culinary worldview until something unexpected happened on a visit to Mexico City. At the me...- Whose Word is It Anyway? by Jenny Williams (7/11/2010)
In late summer 2004, I was approached by the Chair of the Democractic Party in the county in which I lived to offer a prayer at an upcoming appearance of John Edwards, then-Vice-Presidential candidate and pre-fall media darling. I received this phone call just weeks after returning to full-time pastoral ministry from maternity leave. I hemmed and hawed in response to her invitation, explaining that I was still trying to figure out each day how to get a shower, tend to pastoral duties, and be my son’s main food source. She was shocked at my lack of enthusiasm. Even though we had never met and she did not know me, she exclaimed, “I thought you would be honored to do it!” Truth be told, I faced the prospect with dread. The maternity issues were only part of my concerns. I knew I would h...- Knowing the One Thing by Kyle Childress (7/15/2010)
Amos 8: 1-12; Luke 10: 38-42 Luke tells us that Jesus goes to the home of Mary and Martha. They welcome him into their home and Martha gets busy doing the many things a good hostess does: preparing food, setting the table, straightening the room, picking up the newspapers that have piled up, and on and on. Meanwhile si...- Ask And It Will Be Given by Ragan Sutterfield (7/22/2010)
Genesis 18: 20-32; Psalm 138; Colossians 2:6-15; Luke 11:1-13 I heard a lecture by the philosopher Dallas Willard once in which he said that he believes that God wants to fulfill all of o...- Supporting the Troops? by Craig Watts (7/27/2010)
Craig Watts is pastor of Royal Palm Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in Coral Springs, Florida and co-moderator for the Disciples Peace Fellowship. In a recent conversation about the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan I found myself echoing the words often spoken by antiwar folk: “I oppose the war but I support the troops.” My conversation partner was quick to respond, “You really don’t.” I replied, “So, you don’t think it’s possible to be supportive of the troops and stand against the way that are being misused in this war?” He answered, “Perhaps that’s possible for some people. But you’re a pacifist. Even in the best of circumstances you don’t support the troops. You may support the soldiers as men and women but not as troops.” I had ...- What Are You Afraid Of? by Debra Dean Murphy (8/4/2010)
Eleventh Sunday After Pentecost Isaiah 1:1, 10-20; Luke 12:32-40 The gospel writer, Luke, has a habit of prefacing good news with the exhortation “Do not be afraid.” This seems a bit odd since we’re more likely to think that it’s the delivery of bad- Embodying the Word by Tobias Winright (8/12/2010)
- And the Wind Began to Howl by Brian Volck (8/12/2010)
“So let us not talk falsely now; the hour is getting late.” -- From “All Along the Watchtower,” by Bob Dylan Christendom’s demise is a gift to the church. No longer responsible for underwriting the ruling entities of the world, nor longer required to “make nice” with the principalities, no longer dutifully excusing the violence of power politics, the church can at long last resume the serious business of being the church. Playing church is, of course, far easier than being it. Bu...- Consecrated by Janice Love (8/18/2010)
Jeremiah 1: 4-10, Psalm 71: 1-6, Hebrews 12: 18-29, Luke 13: 10-17 God is on the move in the texts for this coming Sunday. In Jeremiah we find God calling, command...- Gather Us In by Tobias Winright (8/20/2010)
[image] Catholic Lectionary: Is 66: 18-21; Ps 117; Heb 12:5-7, 11-13 ; Lk 13:22-30The processional hymn for my wedding eight years ago was “Gather Us In,” written by Saint Louis Jesuit Marty Haugen. It’s always been a favorite for my wife and me. “Gather us in, the lost and forsaken; gather us in, the blind and the lame.” E pluribus unum (“out of many, one”) originally was a central theme of the Hebre...- Being Grounded by Tobias Winright (8/24/2010)
Sir 3:17-29; Ps 68:4-11; Heb 12:18-24; Lk 14:1-14 When I was a child, getting “grounded” was a form of discipline imposed on me by my parents. From my perspective then, it was something to ...- Jeremiah and Park 51 by Ekklesia Project (8/27/2010)
Jeremiah 2.1-13; Psalm 81 Over the last few weeks, the media has been abuzz with the news of Park 51, a proposed Muslim cultural center and mosque just a few blocks from ‘Ground Zero’ the site of the national...- Buckle Your Seatbelt by Jenny Williams (9/3/2010)
Over 60% of teenagers admit to having texted while driving. Someone is injured in a car crash every 14 seconds. Car accidents are the leading cause of acquired disability nationwide. The risks of traveling by automobile are tremendous, and yet most people drive or ride daily. Why would we do such a thing? We have decided to ...- Signs, Sheep, and Shepherds by Kyle Childress (9/8/2010)
Luke 15:1-10 Our church’s logo is a shepherd’s staff, based upon the parable of the lost sheep, along with Psalm 23 and the Good Shepherd of John 10. We’ve had this shepherd’s staff with our congregation’s name written beside it out front on our sign since 1979 and it is on our letterhead, Sunday order of worship, and website. This...- Redeeming Shrewdness by Doug Lee (9/16/2010)
Eugene Peterson observes that the story of the dishonest manager ranks as our least favorite of Jesus’ parables. What is there to cozy up to in a story where cheating goes unpunished and cunning is seemingly commended? Are we to use money to buy friends the way we buy objects for consumption? Can Jesus truly be recommending such scand...- Dives’ Sin of Omission by Tobias Winright (9/23/2010)
Scripture Reflection: Catholic Lectionary (Amos 6:1, 4-7; Ps 146; 1 Tim 6:11-16; Lk 16:19-31) In my “Poverty, Wealth, ...- Proper 21: Not Enough For Everyone’s Greed by Ragan Sutterfield (9/23/2010)
Amos 6:1, 4-7; Ps 146; 1 Tim 6:11-16; Lk 16:19-31 When I read passages like those in this week’s lectionary I find myself saying, not unlik...- Unchained Word by Brian Volck (10/7/2010)
Mark’s Jesus is in a hurry, John’s Jesus is in control, and Matthew’s Jesus does parables. Luke’s Jesus forever crosses borders. This time, the border lies between the boondocks of Galilee and the enemy’s homeland, Samaria. Nathanael – or any right-thinking first century Palestinian Jew – needn’t ask if anything good comes from Samaria. One might as well spout nonsense about a “good Samaritan,” or a “good Al Qaeda.” This week, the border also divides clean from unclean. Unlike the encounter in Luke 5, this text doesn’t m...- Learning, Knowing, Doing, Being by Debra Dean Murphy (10/15/2010)
Twenty-First Sunday After Pentecost Psalm 119:97-104; 2 Timothy 3:14-4:5; Luke 18:1-8 Last week the Pew Research Center made big...- Humble Pie* by Janice Love (10/20/2010)
Joel 2: 23-32, Psalm 65, 2 Timothy 4: 6-8, 16-18, Luke 18: 9-14 About 15 years ago my husband and I began to notice a disturbing trend in the den...- In Memory of Saint Marcellus by Tobias Winright (10/30/2010)
(Feast of Saint Marcellus) This week the Jesuit Catholic magazine, America, posted video clips of US soldiers talking about conscience in the military. Pacifist and just war Christians respectively should support both conscientious objection and selective conscientious objection. While the former i...- All the Saints by Jake Wilson (11/4/2010)
[image]Luke 20:27-40 Last week, Tobias Winright reminded us that October 30th was the feast of St. Marcellus who was martyred because of his refusal to participate in the idolatry of the Roman Empire. From very early on the Church understood the importance of remembering and celebrating those who had departed to be with the Lord. However, over her two thousand year history, the Church has gathered far too many saints...- Got Conflict? by Jenny Williams (11/11/2010)
[image]Isaiah 12; 2 Thessalonians 3:6-13; Luke 21:5-19 Tired of congregational conflict? Recently I had ...- Oscar Romero on Christ’s Kingship by Tobias Winright (11/17/2010)
[image] November 2010 (Reign of Christ Sunday, Proper 29)In view of this Sunday’s focus on the reign of Christ, I find some words from Archbishop Oscar Romero to be appropriate: “The human race of the twentieth century has climbed to the moon, has uncovered the secret of the atom, and what else may it not discover? The Lord’s command is fulfilled: Subdue the earth! But the absolute hu...- The Crucified King by Brian Volck (11/18/2010)
Colossians 1:12-20; Luke 23:33-43 At George Washington’s first inaugural in New York City (following an election in which he received every electoral vote), some in the audience wondered if the former colonies had simply exchanged George III for George the Fi...- The Son of Man Is Coming by Janice Love (11/28/2010)
First Sunday of Advent: Isaiah 2: 1-5, Psalm 122, Romans 13: 11-14, Matthew 24: 36-44 And so we begin the waiting…again. Paul writes, “For salvation is nearer to us now than w...- The Politics of Hope: American and Apocalyptic by Doug Lee (12/1/2010)
Isaiah 11:1-10; Romans 15:4-13; Matthew 3:1-12 It wasn’t surprising on that November night two years ago when people poured out onto the streets of our San Francisco neighborhood cheering and beating pots and pans after the media called the election for Barack Obama. What was surprising was the way that Obama’s election resounded in many corners of the country far less blue than this Left Coast City. Not since the 1960s had both Virginia and North Carolina gone Democratic. No matter one’s view of Obama then or now, the fact of his e...- Advent Outdoors by Debra Dean Murphy (12/9/2010)
Third Sunday of Advent Isaiah 35:1-10; Psalm 146: 5-10 or Luke 1:47-55; James 5:7-10; Matthew 11:2-11 The haunt of jackals...- A Small Part in a Great Story by Jake Wilson (12/17/2010)
Isaiah 7:10-26; Matthew 1:18-25 By Matthew 1:18, Matthew has already named Jesus as the Messiah several times. Indeed, Matthew’s genealogy is constructed to show that the son of Joseph and Mary is also the Messiah. Reading the birth narrative in light of the genealogy helps us remember that what we...- Herod Rules by Brian Volck (12/23/2010)
Matthew 2:13-23 If, as the late Raymond Brown was fond of saying, the infancy accounts in Matthew and Luke are “the gospel in miniature,” then this Sunday’s gospel may be read as Matthew’s preview of the passion and resurrection. As with the passion accounts, we go astray if we read ourselves into this story in ways that are too easy, too comforting. If we don’t find something of ourselves in the person of Herod the Great, we’re cutting ourselves far too much slack. Historical accounts of Herod the Great suggest a ruler wily enough to switch allegiances just in time and pragmatic enough to execute his own children when politics demanded. An Idumaean rather than ethnically Jewish, he was nonetheless named “King of the Jews” by the Roman Senate while in exile. After reclaim...- God Made Visible by Ragan Sutterfield (12/31/2010)
John 1:1-18; Matthew 2:1-12 What makes God visible? That was the question that struck me reading the lectionary passages for this week. This is one of those rare weeks in which the Episcopal Church (my tradition) varies its readings from the standard Revised Common Lectionary, so I read both the gospel readings from John 1 and Matthew 2:1-12 (Episcopal). Reading both was instructive because both are about God being made visible. In John 1:18 we read, “No one has ever seen God. It is God the only Son, who is close to the Father's heart, who has made him known.” This comes after we are told of the light coming into the world, a light that makes God visible by dwelling with us a... - Let’s Talk About Haiti by Brent Laytham (1/21/2010)
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