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 24:36-43, the “shelter in place” resurrection
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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 tradition. Today we go to Emmaus. This is Luke’s signature
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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 most certainly did. Luke’s Gospel chapter 24 is
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We pause roughly mid-way through our New Testament resurrection jaunt to simply take a reflective moment to fall in love. For me these reflections have become such an integral part of my daily tether to Jesus and also to each of you dear brothers and sisters. Whether near or far
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Matthew ends his resurrection chapter, and his gospel story, with a bang! After the geologic, tectonic, meteorological and supernal fireworks earlier in chapter 28, that’s really saying something! But there are two very significant elements of Matthew’s second and ultimate resurrection appearance of Jesus. The eleven (minus Judas) gather on
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Yep, we begin with a Carole King homage, and it is beautiful! In Matthew’s Gospel, we really can feel the earth move under our feet, and it sure beats the Walking Dead reference after all! What in the hey?! For centuries, Matthew’s Gospel enjoyed the pre-eminent position as the First
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Following exploration of the New Testament’s two earliest resurrection sources, Pauline and Markan in that order, I pause before continuing to Matthew, Luke, John and others. Have you ever wondered why Paul did not author a gospel? Have you ever wondered why there are four gospels and not simply one?
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Oh, the Indiana Jones’ tropes will fly as we tackle Mark’s secondary and tertiary endings! While scholars debate endlessly about Mark 16:8b-19 (just examine your study bible notes to confirm), I’ve been waiting for weeks to drop this Raiders of the Lost Ark ode to paralyzing ophidiophobia (oh yes it
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Our Vicar Emeritus always loved the Collect of the Day imploring us to read, mark, learn and inwardly digest God’s word! He joked one year about removing that consequential comma between read and mark thus rendering the Collect’s direction to read the Gospel of Mark, his namesake! And while that
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We take a brief respite from Resurrection to query the digital crowd! After 58 daily reflections dating from February 27th, if anyone can recall that far back, I am taking roll call amongst our readers! We’ve surveyed so much scripture, Prayer Book, history, philosophy, cinema, music, theology, literature, science fiction,
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