Apr 4, 2024 | EXPLORING THE BIBLE, NEWS
Imagine how it must have been for Mary, weeping outside the tomb, to then look into the tomb and see two angels sitting where the body of Jesus had been laid. Not an absence, but a presence – messengers from God; but they weren’t Jesus! And what anguish...
Mar 28, 2024 | EXPLORING THE BIBLE, NEWS
Of all the Gospel accounts of the resurrection, Mark’s is the briefest. There are no walks along the road, no breakfasts by the beach, no conversations with Jesus, no wounds to plunge our fingers into. Easter Day begins early in the morning. The women disciples who...
Mar 20, 2024 | EXPLORING THE BIBLE, NEWS
How do we explain Holy Week? based on a reflection by Karoline Lewis (Professor and the Marbury E. Anderson Chair of Biblical Preaching, Luther Seminary, Saint Paul, Minnesota) It’s hard to reflect on Palm/Passion Sunday. And maybe, we shouldn’t delve too deeply? Have...
Mar 12, 2024 | EXPLORING THE BIBLE, NEWS
Seeing Jesus based on a reflection by Karoline Lewis (Professor and the Marbury E. Anderson Chair of Biblical Preaching, Luther Seminary, Saint Paul, Minnesota) “Sir, we wish to see Jesus.” Do we really? Do we actually want to see Jesus? Or do we pretend, feign...
Mar 4, 2024 | EXPLORING THE BIBLE, NEWS
John 3:14-21 3:14 And just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, 3:15 that whoever believes in him may have eternal life. 3:16 “For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes...
Feb 29, 2024 | EXPLORING THE BIBLE, NEWS
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...
