This is an edited version of my sermon manuscript for Palm Sunday, 2015. It’s based on Mark 11:1-11. At the beginning of Mark’s Triumphant Entry narrative Jesus got ready to enter Jerusalem I want to unpack three things about how Mark set’s this up. First, we’re not sure if Mark was intending this passage to…
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Fiction Tuesday – Restoratives
Ama directed Jeremy to sit in a plush chair in the center of a small room. As with the waiting room this space was well-lit, though Jeremy couldn’t discern what the light source was. The healer stepped over toward a table and began pulling several glass bottles off the well-stocked shelves. She muttered slightly as…
Seeking Healing
I wrote this post yesterday and forgot to get it into WordPress! It’s a continuation of Welcome to the Valleys Walter and Jeremy moved further into the city, but as they moved away from the walls the press of people began to fall away. The houses began to grow, and Jeremy even spotted some well-kept…
Three Days
This is an edited transcript of my sermon on John 2:13-22, entitled “Three Days.” In the text you’ll see the phrase “the Jews” a number of times, this reflects the voice of John’s Gospel in which “the Jews” refers specifically to the Jewish leadership which opposed Jesus during his Earthly ministry, not to the Jewish…
Fiction Tuesday – On to Water Gap
Today I continue a story set in the world of The Valleys. The first part can be found here Jeremy helped Walter push his cart the last few miles towards a place he called “Water Gap.” As they travelled the Sun continued its descent behind them. The lower it descended the more restless his companion…
