May 5, 2023 | Easter, Faith
We continue our Johnannine resurrection journey with the candlelight flickering upon the corner table barely large enough for two in close quarters. This is the anti-social distance resurrection story, and if my interpretation shocks you, well…..good. While I have...
May 4, 2023 | Easter, Faith
For the final time we return to the Empty Tomb, this time in John 20:1-10. Note the distinctive Johnannine features. Mary Magdalene visits alone here, not to complete the burial details (as Joseph of Arimathea and Nicodemus have already accomplished) but just to...
May 3, 2023 | Easter, Faith
We now arrive to our final grouping of resurrection texts, and finally, to a scriptural neighborhood with which I am actually acquainted! Whew! Our final texts cohere under the broad umbrella of John, or using a more accurate descriptor, Johnannine, meaning they use...May 2, 2023 | Easter, Faith
Poor Professor and Mary Ann. Yes, loyal readers it’s time to sit right back and hear a tale! How can we speak about the resurrection of Jesus Christ and not include…Gilligan’s Island?! This beloved 1960’s television cult classic, the godfather of Survivor and...
May 1, 2023 | Easter, Faith
When?! When does this isolation conclude?! When can we get back to work?! When is there an effective treatment?! When do we get a vaccine?! When??!! Well, let’s turn to an authority on schedules for more insight….we welcome into the Eastertide Reflection studio...
Apr 30, 2023 | Easter, Faith
Luke 24 is truly the scriptural gift which just keeps on giving! But sadly we have reached the end…or have we?! Today we (kinda) close with Luke 24:44-53, again, all on this very extended Easter Day. Again we come geographically close to Jerusalemite churches, the...
Apr 29, 2023 | Easter, Faith
It strains credulity that all of Luke 24 occurs in a single day…and Luke presents it exactly like that! Whew! And hey, since we have 50 days of Eastertide I don’t mind pacing us through these magnificent resurrection passages! Today let’s reflect upon Luke...
Apr 28, 2023 | Easter, Faith
Yesterday we explored Luke’s traditional Easter narrative to begin Luke 24. But today, we depart any extant resurrection text to happily traverse uniquely Lukan material, a hugely consequential story to our Prayer Book worship and indeed to the entire catholic...
Apr 27, 2023 | Easter, Faith
Between the evangelist Luke and his mentor Paul, the two provide roughly 1/4th of all Christian scripture. Their perspective is unique and constitutive for any serious believer. While Paul evidently felt no need to narrate his encounter with the Risen Jesus, Luke...
