The following is a reflection on Luke 8:26-39, the story of the Gerasene Demoniac, the Gospel lesson appointed for Proper 7C according to the Revised Common Lectionary.
People learn to love their chains. Continue Reading…
The following is a reflection on Luke 7:36-8:3, the Gospel lesson appointed for Proper 6C according to the Revised Common Lectionary.
And a woman in the city, who was a sinner…brought an alabaster jar of ointment.
Oh, she was a sinner, was she? Like a sinner, sinner, or a SINNER, SINNER?
And, what would that even mean? Continue Reading…
The following is a reflection on Luke 7:11-17, the Gospel lesson appointed for Proper 5C according to the Revised Common Lectionary. The bulk of this post is also from my book Going to Hell, Getting Saved.
Last week in the beginning of Luke chapter 7, Jesus heals the centurion’s slave. Without a word, a command, or formula. Not even a touch. He does it at a distance, without even being in the slave’s presence.
This week, Jesus raises the widow’s son in Nain. He approaches the funeral bier and touches it. Not him. But, the bier.
One of the things that these two miracles demonstrate is that, Jesus rarely, if ever, does anything in the same way over and over again. Continue Reading…
The following is a reflection on Luke 7:1-10 and Galatians 1:1-12, the gospel and epistle lessons properly appointed for Proper 4C, according to the Revised Common Lectionary.
The epistle and gospel lessons this week deal with two very different and very similar forms of faith, and approaches to worthiness. Continue Reading…
