May 9, 2023 | Easter, Faith
Here we meet the emotional anchor of John 21, and indeed one of the most intensive vocational encounters in the entire bible. Read John 21:15-19 to appreciate the complex narrative John so ambitiously and adeptly weaves together for his church and for us. We stay by...
May 8, 2023 | Faith, Sermon, Service
Welcome to the Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration in Vail, Colorado We welcome you to watch our worship service below for some perspective, peace, contemplation and reflection. Contact Information 970.476.0618 office@episcopalvail.com The Episcopal Church...
May 8, 2023 | Easter, Faith
The Great Fifty Days, colluding with our present distancing societal protocols, provides us with an unparalleled invitation to luxuriate in the resurrection accounts, and indeed in Jesus’ resurrection itself! Inhabit, stretch our scriptural legs a bit, poke and prod...
May 7, 2023 | Easter, Faith
In 1899 Missouri congressman Willard Duncan Vandiver addressed a Philadelphia Men’s Club, and stated the following in his remarks: “I come from a state that raises corn and cotton and cockleburs and Democrats, and frothy eloquence neither convinces nor satisfies...
May 7, 2023 | Easter, Faith
<EDITORIAL NOTE: This reflection featuring a marked divine preference for the right side of the boat, inferring a more abundant draught of fish over against the left side, demonstrates an unabashed dextral bias. Your Eastertide Reflection Editorial Committee,...
May 6, 2023 | Easter, Faith
Okee dokee smokee, here’s where John veers off the resurrection reservation bigtime! Read John 20:19-23. Remember for Luke the Resurrection of Jesus is paired with His ascension into heaven during one very long day?! Well here, in John, the Resurrection is paired...
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...
