Lent 2: Jerusalem or Bust
Jesus is on a mission. Blues Brothers fans will not need to think twice about what kind of mission this is: he’s on a mission from God. He’s on a mission to Jerusalem, a mission for the redemption and salvation of the world.
If Jesus were flying a sign on the side of the road, it might say “Jerusalem or bust.”
Lent 1: Testing our True Identity
What tricks would the devil use to test us? With Jesus, he offered the temptations to be spectacular and powerful to distract him from his identity as the Son of God and from God’s mission of reconciliation. I think in our 21st century Episcopal Church context, the devil tests us with messages of timidity, discouragement, scarcity, and apathy.
Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost
The theme of today’s gospel reading, and my focus today, is forgiveness. I’m going to tell two true stories that are extreme cases of forgiveness, which
I hope will stretch the limits of what kind of forgiveness you think is even possible.