Contemplating the story of Lazarus, I had to find a King James Bible to see if it really says, “he stinketh.”  That’s the memory that

“Here is an astonishing thing,” says the man who was born blind. We’ll call him the Seeing Man. This poor guy has really been through

Then the devil left him, and suddenly angels came and waited on him. – Matthew 4:11 It’s a pale, foggy sunrise.  A line of geese

You will do well to be attentive to this as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning

“You are the light of the world,” Jesus tells those listening.  As I pause to savor that phrase and to let myself experience the image

The last time the Sermon on the Mount came up in our lectionary we were at the gateway of the Pandemic.  We didn’t yet know

I have a hard time with the use of the cross as the central symbol of Christianity.  Years ago one of my campus ministry colleagues

In my life there have been a handful of moments in which God has seemed to be holding up a mirror and asking me to