April 14, 2024
Scripture: Luke 24:13-35 It’s sad, but not too surprising, that those two disciples left Jerusalem, even after they’d heard rumors of his resurrection. It was too much. Why would anyone want to stay after everything that had happened to Jesus? Wouldn’t it be better...
Resurrection Appearances
And the Resurrected Jesus comes to them: comes to the one who denied him, comes to the one who never left him, and comes to the ones who fled at Jesus’ moment of deepest pain and oppression.
Easter
Gospel Reading: John 20:1-18 Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the tomb. So she ran and went to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one whom Jesus loved, and...
Hosanna as Pain, Hope, and Power
This morning, we mark another Palm Sunday. This morning, we wave palms as a symbolic gesture of our pledge to go into the centers of power through the East gate, to clothe ourselves with love and non-violence. This morning, we commit ourselves again to the sacred work of hearkening the kin-dom of God which, inevitably means resisting the kingdom of Empire (whether in Rome or Washington, DC or Gaza).