Jesus knows this isn’t the climax of the story, that his entry and the days to come will be considered an utter failure by the world’s standards. Seen from a Kingdom view, however, it is triumphant because it upends every single world standard they knew then and that we know now … because that’s the whole point!
Category Archives: Living Sunday School
Unruly Wills and Affections
For the Fifth Sunday in Lent: http://lectionarypage.net/YearB_RCL/Lent/BLent5_RCL.html The gospel writer John begins the story of Jesus public ministry at a wedding in which the hosts have run out of wine and Jesus’ mother asks him to fix the problem. Jesus tells her that his time hasn’t come, to not rush things. And, yet, she persistsContinue reading “Unruly Wills and Affections”
Life and Love
Love, as God loves, is the only thing that can change the world. This love is the source of life, the bread of life that Jesus gives us. This love is what we are created from and for.
A Prayer for Today
For the Third Sunday in Lent. http://lectionarypage.net/YearB_RCL/Lent/BLent3_RCL.html For those who may not know, the prayer that I post every week comes from the Book of Common Prayer and there is a specific prayer for each Sunday of the year (and other special days). I started posting the Sunday prayers on Facebook years ago for theContinue reading “A Prayer for Today”
Speaking Plainly
Readings for the Second Sunday in Lent: http://lectionarypage.net/YearB_RCL/Lent/BLent2_RCL.html Have you ever gotten in a conversation with someone and realize a just a few sentences in that y’all are talking about different things? I think we all know the awkwardness of the realization that not only are you on different pages but not even in theContinue reading “Speaking Plainly”
Good News
For the first Sunday in Lent: http://lectionarypage.net/YearB_RCL/Lent/BLent1_RCL.html I interrupt our regularly scheduled program to stop and ask: How are you doing? For those of us in Texas, this past week brought a(nother) forced time in a wilderness of sorts. What a disorienting first-world thing to be in our homes with no electricity or water andContinue reading “Good News”
Set us Free
For the Fifth Sunday after the Epiphany:http://lectionarypage.net/YearB_RCL/Epiphany/BEpi5_RCL.html So, here we find ourselves in midwinter and the crazy Texas weather has us turning on the AC one minute and the heater the next. We have to look at the daily forecast before getting dressed so we know if we need shorts and flip flops or bigContinue reading “Set us Free”
Possessed by Love
Anger and hate possess us and stop us from hearing God’s loving voice. Jesus speaks into the shouts of anger and the silence of resentment and can dispel them both. God’s love transforms our shaking fists into hands open enough to both receive and give love.
Hello?
For the Third Sunday after the EpiphanyJanuary 24, 2021http://lectionarypage.net/YearB_RCL/Epiphany/BEpi3_RCL.html Remember way back before caller ID when our phones rang and we had no idea who was on the other end? If you are under the age of 35ish and can’t remember these ancient times, call your grandmother and ask about it. (And while you’re inContinue reading “Hello?”
Inauguration Day
Together let’s offer each other the compassion necessary (yep, even that person) to heal the hurt and division in this country.
Mother Nancy's Coffee Thoughts 