One of the most profound things I’ve ever heard spoken about scripture is this: God did not give us the bible we wanted; he gave us the bible we needed. So, too, is this true of Jesus. God did not give us the savior, the messiah, that the Jews expected or wanted or that we…
I love the Agnus Day comic. If you have not seen it before, take some time to check it out. It is a lectionary based weekly comic with two sheep. The one for this week is about, of course, Palm Sunday: Palm/Passion Sunday, at least as I often end up doing it, is a bit…
There is a feature with WordPress whereby you can see the terms and phrases visitors to your blog plugged into a search engine which then pointed to you. It is actually pretty interesting. The most common phrase is some version of ‘descriptive marriage play’ which is related to this post here, but I do not venture…
This is the final sermon in a Lenten series on the Sign of Jonah Text: Jonah 4 Matthew 12:38-41 We have come to the end of a long journey with Jonah. It’s been an interesting though rough one hasn’t it? Running from God’s call, Jonah hopped a boat to Tarshish. God sent a storm on…
Yesterday I was given a delightful break from preaching. Now, I love to preach (even though I am not certain how good I am at it) but it was good to hear the word proclaimed from someone else’s voice for a change. That is a bit of a rarity when you are a solo pastor.…
Shepherdess Writes 