Mar 29, 2021 | EXPLORING THE BIBLE
At the end of the preceding chapter, Mark tells us that, when Joseph of Arimathea took Jesus’ body down from the cross, Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joseph saw where Jesus’ body was laid. In verse 1 of Chapter 16, it is again Mary Magdalene, but...
Mar 1, 2021 | EXPLORING THE BIBLE
Bodies based on a reflection by Karoline Lewis (Professor and the Marbury E. Anderson Chair of Biblical Preaching, Luther Seminary, Saint Paul, Minnesota) Bodies We have them. We inhabit them. But often we do not know what to do with them. We desperately want to...
Feb 22, 2021 | EXPLORING THE BIBLE
What’s in a name? Choosing names for our children is a fascinating exercise connecting them with their past and with our hopes for their future. For the Hebrews names spoke of the character of the one named. As Abram and Sarai are given a new purpose and direction in...
Feb 16, 2021 | EXPLORING THE BIBLE
The Genesis reading outlines the covenant of God with Noah. It is one of a number of covenants, which share some similarities with treaties of the time, recorded in the Bible. This covenant is important in its breadth to all living things, “…between me and the...
Feb 10, 2021 | EXPLORING THE BIBLE
In the transfiguration we have the second of three panels in an artwork on the impact of Jesus. The second is a hinge between the first, the baptism of Jesus, and the third, his crucifixion and resurrection. We could set up three canvases in prominent positions, label...
