Tell the Truth
Easter 4: First Reading, Acts 4:1-12 Acts 4:1-12 I think it would be safe to say that most of us are raised with some value placed on truth and the...
It's the Father In Me
Easter 3: Gospel, Luke 24:36-49 Luke 24:36-49 The resurrection is a thing of the past. Very recent past. In fact, when we find...
Sometimes the Truth Feels Good
Easter 3: Second Reading, 1 John 3:1-7 1 John 3:1-7 In our second reading for the week it doesn’t even take the entire first verse to make the heart leap...
Pointing To and To the Point
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Easter 3: First Reading, Acts 3:1-21 Acts 3:1-21 Between the resurrection of Jesus and the fledgling Christian community there was a transfer of the authority and power of the...
Just How Much Did He Do?
Easter 2: Gospel, John 20:19-31 John 20:19-31 At the very end of John 20 there is a short paragraph, that's because of the import of...
Saying What God Says
Easter 2: Second Reading, 1 John 1:1-2:2 1 John 1:1-2:2 God wants us to have certainty. I think it’s one of the reasons that the second person of the Holy Trinity came into our flesh. The apostle...
Love In Common
Easter 2: First Reading, Acts 4:32-35 Acts 4:32-35 Jesus was a Marxist! Not to get too political, and that just on the heels of Resurrection. But this is an important text to see in its...
Easter Feast
Sunday of the Resurrection: Gospel, Mark 16:1-8 Mark 16:1-8 For the Blessed Feast of Easter find your way into the dining hall and savor the meal set before you. He is Risen! He is Risen, indeed! Alleluia! Matthew...
First Things First
Sunday of the Resurrection: Epistle, 1 Corinthians 15:1-11 1 Corinthians 15:1-11 Paul the apostle did a lot of writing. Through it he did a lot of caring. And sometimes that caring came in the form of correction. In fact, quite a lot of his writing was for that purpose...
He's Worth the Wait
Sunday of the Resurrection: Old Testament, Isaiah 25:6-9 Isaiah 25:6-9 The title above seems almost trivial. It’s not that some of the things for which we wait are not significant. They may be. And it’s not that some of us haven’t waited for large...
