I first encountered Walter Brueggemann sometime during my last year of seminary.  He quickly became a favorite of mine...in particular, I had never - before or since - read anyone…

If anyone is in Christ -- it's all New Creation; the Old is gone, Behold! - the New has come.  - St. Paul As Christ, Jesus is the plane which…

Holy Saturday.  We stand at the threshold.  At the frontier.  One world has ended.  A new one is upon us. Holy Saturday.  A holy "pause" before the new creation comes…

"Behold the man" said Pontius Pilate, trotting out a scourged Jesus before the crowd... the crowd that called out in bloodthirsty rage for his execution. In its purest form, all…

(This is a re-post of my Maundy Thursday reflections from last year... enjoy!)

Old Testament readings: Psalms 55 and 74, Lamentations 2:1-9; New Testament readings: 2 Cor 1:23-2:11, Mark 12:1-11 One of the things that makes modern translations of the Bible great is…

Old Testament Readings: Psalms 6, 12, and 94, and Lamentations 1:17-22; New Testament Readings: 2 Cor 1:8-22 and Mark 11:27-33. The Triumphal Entry has taken place (Sunday).  Jesus' dramatic demonstration…

Well, here we are.  Holy Week.  Back in late November we began the great liturgical journey that took us from expectation (Advent) to arrival (Christmas) to learning how to see…