To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here Every day during this season of Lent we’re looking at the miracles of Jesus – his spectacular displays of supernatural power that are reported in the Gospels. Every family has its own traditions. Some of them can be pretty strange. For multiple generations, the McDonalds have believed – OK, it’s just the men… Read more »
To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here Every day during this season of Lent we’re looking at the miracles of Jesus – his spectacular displays of supernatural power that are reported in the Gospels. Jesus’ first recorded miracle didn’t save someone from a dreadful disease or an approaching storm front. Instead, he saved a bride and groom… Read more »
Everyone agreed that it was a wonderful painting – Paolo Veronese’s ginormous depiction of Jesus and his disciples at the Last Supper. But was it really a religious painting? Church authorities in Venice in 1573 were deeply offended by what they saw on the canvas. Why were so many of “the wrong people” basking in the gracious presence of Jesus? Veronese, along… Read more »
Throughout Lent, we’re exploring the parables of Jesus – the two dozen or so stories that were his chief means of describing the reality of God’s rule on earth. When one of my earliest mentors, Dr. Howard Lindquist, was a young pastor, he visited the home of an older woman who was highly regarded in the community. At one point… Read more »
