John 20:1-18                       “Close Encounters” Nobody expected it.  Even though they’d been told.  The whole story up to this moment seems odd.  And then there’s the encounter.  Had it happened today, April 1, we’d probably figure it for an April Fools Day joke.  Crucified people stay dead.  They just do.  For some reason I’m thinking about […]

Exodus 20:1-17                  “No Other Gods” If you can’t remember all of the ten commandments, and you get your coveting and false witnessing mixed up, have I got a short cut for you!  The first verses of these commandments really tell us all we need to know to order our lives together.  No wonder Jesus was […]

Mark 1:9-15        “It’s Time to Transform Our Hearts and Minds.” Last week I suggested that one way to understand the initial proclamation Jesus makes in Mark is through the word, “finally.”  It’s as true today as it was then.  God’s reign is at hand.  We are called to be transformed.  What will it mean to […]

Mark 9:2-9     “Listen to Him!”   (Jeff Moore, preaching) This is Transfiguration Sunday, so named because it is when we read gospel accounts of Jesus being transfigured on the mountain.  In addition to what they saw, Mark tells us that Peter, James, and John also heard a voice from the cloud saying, “This is my Son, […]