Do you ever notice how mysterious dusk and dawn often are in the Bible? It seems that there is something particularly sacred about these transitional times of day. The Easter journey is full of key events at these particular times, Peter denying Jesus as the rooster crows, Jesus is hurried down from the cross before the Sabbath sun sets, Jesus...

Doubting Thomas. It seems that Thomas the Twin often gets a bad rap. He is set up as an easy punching bag in this Gospel reading. How could he not believe the disciples when they told him Jesus dropped in? I wonder if they had April Fool’s Day back then. It seems like a pretty good set up. Perhaps Thomas drew the short straw and was sent...

Well, I for one am glad it’s Easter Sunday – for many different reasons.

What with this recent ice storm, it seems we’ve been through a long, grey, wearying winter.

And Holy Week prior to Easter – with its tough and gritty emotions surrounding the suffering, torture and death of Jesus – all of that just beats us...

Good Friday, what’s so Good about Good Friday?

It seems a little bit of a misnomer given how gruesome today’s story is. Jesus is tested, betrayed and arrested, humiliated, his disciples reject him, he’s beaten and tortured, put on the cross to suffer a horrible death, witness to the agony on his mother’s face as she...

Today is a dark day in the Christian calendar, this is not really a feel good event. How many times have you heard the words, “in the night in which he was betrayed?” Tonight is the night of the Last Supper, as told by the Gospel of John.

You know what, I love the Gospel of John. It is a rich narrative about Jesus’ ministry,...

There is a lot of heavy stuff in today’s reading; faith, sin, atonement, law, death, justification. The first thing that jumps out at me is the most important theological principle in the Lutheran tradition. Justification through faith.

Basically what that means is that it is God’s grace and forgiveness, which makes us acceptable to...

“The house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume.” (Jn.12:3)

Over these weeks of Lent, with our Wednesday soup suppers, I’ve been routinely preparing a soup to bring and share at our soup supper.

And as the soup simmers on the stove top in my home, how that aroma, that wonderful savoury smell of simmering soup fills the...

Imagine, if you will, that someone you love is having trouble breathing and you know it is serious. What do you do? You would seek medical attention. Perhaps you’re scared and worried. You see the fear and panic in the eyes of your loved one and those gathered around in love and support, no one is sure what to expect. The medical staff put...

An under-reported fact, in the immediate aftermath of the tragic events of September 11, 2001 – before the reactions, political analysis and military retaliation – something happened that was … remarkable.

People called home.

It was an automatic human response, erupting almost everywhere regardless of politics or religion.
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Please, let us take a moment and think about what it means that Jesus laid his hands on a few sick people and cured them.

When I was younger I was working as a delivery driver for a tool and die shop. One day while lifting a heavy load from the back of the van up onto the dock I tore the ligaments in my wrist. As a musician I was particularly...