The Gospel for the 32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time (Mark 12:38-44) gives us two distinct stories. They are, in my opinion, linked primarily by the fact that Mark told them back to back. There is one small point of contact shared between them. Depending on how you think about that point you could argue a […]
Monday Meditation: RCL Year B, 31st Sunday in Ordinary Time, Mark 12:28-34
This week I am amazed to have reached Thursday night without posting for you my “Monday Meditation.” Well, I’ve never had a week quite like this. Saturday morning, at a synagogue maybe a mile from my home in Pittsburgh’s Squirrel Hill neighborhood, a man armed with an assault rifle and several handguns came in and […]
After the Tree of Life Synagogue Massacre
Monday Morning I’m at the Starbucks at the corner of Forbes and Shady. I walked here from my home in Pittsburgh’s Squirrel Hill neighborhood. On the way I passed two very grand synagogues. If I’d walked a few blocks further I’d be at the Tree of Life. I wore black. During services Saturday a man […]
Monday Meditation: RCL Year B, 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Mark 10:46-52
The Gospel assigned for the 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Mark 10:46-52) picks up where the previous week’s Gospel left off. Mark 10:46-52 It is a story I’ve always been drawn to: Bartimaeus, the blind man, calls out to Jesus for mercy and receives his sight. My interest is grabbled by unexplained oddities, emphatic repetitions, […]
Letters to a Young Pastor: The Children’s Sermon — Metaphors
Dear ______: Sorry I haven’t written for a while. I launched a new class, and that took my attention from most other things. But it sounds like in your field education position you are getting to continue your thinking about children’s sermons. As you wrote, My supervisor has a unique way of doing his children’s […]
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