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Che Jesus
Che Jesus, They told me that you came back to be born every Christmas. Man, you’re crazy! … with this stubborn gesture of coming back every Christmas you are trying to tell us something: That the revolution that all proclaim begins first of all in each one’s heart, That it doesn’t mean only changing structures but changing selfishness for love, That we have to stop being wolves and return to being brothers and sisters, That we… begin to work seriously…
Parable about Christology
Here is a parable about Christology by Catherine Keller from her book On the Mystery, Discerning Divinity in Process. A man died. The people who knew him gathered to share memories. Finally a portrait was commissioned. But as generations passed the painting did not seem fine enough. The heirs of the portrait, who had become wealthy, created a new golden frame, immense, carved with motifs from the portrait and encrusted with jewels. People began to feel that the old portrait…
Who is Jesus for you?
And when he got into the boat, his disciples followed him. A gale arose on the lake, so great that the boat was being swamped by the waves; but he was asleep. And they went and woke him up, saying, ‘Lord, save us! We are perishing!’ And he said to them, ‘Why are you afraid, you of little faith?’ Then he got up and rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was a dead calm. They were amazed,…
Jesus
Understanding who Jesus is to you is important as you grow in faith. A first step might be to realize that the word “Jesus” has two referents: the before-Easter Jesus and the after-Easter Jesus. The first is often called the “historical Jesus” and refers to the man who walked the earth. The second is often called the “Christ” or the “Jesus of faith” and refers to what Jesus became after the resurrection event. Both are important. They are significantly different. What…
Toward Sunday
We are in the fourth week of On Ramp. This is our five-week worship series imaginatively exploring central topics in Christian faith. We turn from God to Jesus this week in worship. We are drawing upon and adapting some of the framework of a series called Animate (Faith) by SparkHouse Publications as we prepare this worship series for our particular context. Outline for On Ramp ▪July 12: Religion (Mark 6.14-29) ▪July 19: Bible (Acts 17.10-12) ▪July 26: God (1 Timothy 6.16, John…
Toward Sunday
We continue this week in our Lenten worship series, Hope in Dying, by turning from reflection on the significance of Jesus’ death to wondering about the way Jesus imagined his own death in John 12.20-36 and the ways in which we imagine our own. Fred Craddock, in Speaking of Dying: Recovering the Church’s Voice in the Face of Death, writes, If we as the church are to carry out our ministry to the dying and if we ourselves are to die well, we need solid support…
I wonder…
After “feeding thousands” who were following him Jesus withdrew and took time in prayer by himself. While he did this he commanded his disciples to cross the sea in a boat. The disciples soon find themselves in the midst of a storm, having “navigational challenges”. I wonder what they might be thinking as they attempt to keep their boat from tipping over in the waves. What is it like for you when you encounter “rough seas”? How might it be…
Toward Sunday
We are in the third week of our series called Artisans at The Table. Outline of Artisans at The Table September 7 Soul based on Genesis 2.7 & Exodus 2.1-15 September 14 Voice based on Genesis 3:1-11a September 21 Image & Craft based on Matthew 3.13-17 September 28 Masterpiece: A New Humanity based on John 2.1-11 In this week’s reading we encounter Jesus presenting himself at the River Jordan for Baptism. What voices might Jesus have been hearing…
Toward Sunday
This week our worship will be rooted in Matthew 2.1-12 and the Magi’s arrival at the birthplace of Jesus. We will celebrate Epiphany which is the day after the twelve-day celebration of Christmas (or, in some liturgical calendars, the twelfth day of the Christmas season). The English word “Epiphany” comes from the Greek word epiphaneia, which means “appearing” or “revealing.” Epiphany focuses on God’s self-revelation in Christ. On this day, many Christian traditions pay special attention to the visit…