On the Fifth Sunday in Lent, in Series A, we read the account of Jesus raising from the dead his friend Lazarus. Jesus speaks the familiar words of “I am

Lent in Series A takes us through the great milestones of the Gospel according to St. John. We have come at night with Nicodemus to hear Jesus’ words of his

If the first Sunday in Lent point us to Christ the victor, the rest of Lent has us focus on the nature of that victory. It is not like the

We start this Lenten season as we always do with the temptation of Jesus. I am beginning to think that this is the wrong title for this passage, however. It

The Super Bowl is over. We can get on to Lent now. If that sounds a little facetious, it is. Our people are immersed in a culture with a wholly

Easter is toward the end of its range this year which means we get a little more of the Sermon on the Mount than usual. Not sure that is such

One should start to savor these Sundays. Quite often we do not get to observe this and the next Sunday. Easter’s moveable date means something has to give way to

My daughter has an assistant manager at her workplace who is a thorough-going company man. He has bought into the system entirely. Every week he practices another of Benjamin Franklin’s

Jesus walks the shores of Galilee and gathers men and women into his nets this week. We see four disciples, names we know so well, Peter, Andrew, James, and John