(My “Monday Meditations” are a personal dive into the Gospel text assigned for the coming Sunday, the Sixth Sunday of Easter, in the Revised Common Lectionary.) John 15:9-17 Next Sunday’s texts are again completely lacking in explicit reference to the resurrection. I find this astonishing, but will not belabor the point. Our task to read […]
The Joy of Lent — via Heidelberg Catechism, Q. 89
So why, you ask, do Christians keep an annual season — 40 days — devoted to self-examination and repentance? Isn’t that a bit of a downer? Not really. But then, I’ve always liked washing windows. I don’t wash them nearly often enough, but that’s another story. When I do, it is fantastic. I usually start when […]