Spirit (Lent #10)

Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. After fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry. The tempter came to him and said, “If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread.” Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word […]

Love (Lent #9)

The church was in conflict. How to be the Church? What rules would guide them? Who was in and who was out? Who got to say? The question behind all the questions…who are we? A crisis of identity. A pastor writing to this church tells them to remember their origin, remember their reason for coming […]

Evil (Lent #8)

My childhood took place during the height of the Cold War. Russia was the “Evil Empire”. Vilified in movies (Rocky IV, Red Dawn, Hunt for Red October, etc.) Shown as aggressive and oppressive and corrupt in the media. Studied as hard and stubborn and a bit backwards in history classes. I grew up with an […]