Somehow I felt I had to justify this sermon title for John 15:1-8 at our combined Uniting Church/Church of Christ service this morning. During the week, with ANZAC Day music playing in the background, while I exegeted the Greek text of “abiding,” my attention was drawn to jazz variations of the ubiquitous commemoration hymn, “AbideContinue reading “Swinging on the Vine”
Monthly Archives: April 2018
Thomas – the beloved disciple?
Yesterday was my 43rd Thomas Sunday since ordination, meaning that I have possibly preached this many times on the account of Thomas “not believing” until he had encountered the Risen Christ himself and verified by the visibility of the “marks” of crucifixion. My understanding of this encounter has gone through a lifetime of development, moving from theContinue reading “Thomas – the beloved disciple?”
Easter Monday anti-climax
The intensity of the forty day journey of Lent culminating in the 72-hour focus from Maundy Thursday to Resurrection Sunday can leave one a bit shell-shocked by the time Easter Monday rolls around. So I just leave this here – Psalm 53 sung in Aramaic, the native language of Jesus of Nazareth: https://www.chonday.com/25879/palaramic5/
Wondering Pilgrim 