Posted in Church Year on May 3rd, 2009
This week’s lectionary passages center on the Good Shepherd. Last Saturday Doug and I took the kids to a sheep shearing festival at a nearby farm. We got to see a sheep sheared and feel the wool. We got to watch some amateur sheepdogs herding sheep. Jack’s favorite part was when the sheep got spooked [...]
Posted in Church Year on Apr 26th, 2009
simple: adj., composed of a single element; not compound or divided
–Merriam-Webster’s 10th Collegiate Dictionary
Beloved, we are God’s children now; what we will be has not yet been revealed. What we do know is this: when he is revealed, we will be like him, for we will see him as he is. And all who have [...]
Posted in Church Year on Apr 19th, 2009
In today’s gospel passage, Jesus breathes on the disciples and says, “Receive the Holy Spirit.” And they do: the “whole group of those who believed were of one heart and soul” (Acts 4:32), the living embodiment of unity.
According to Acts, none of the believers owned anything; they held all possessions in common. No one was [...]