Στον Χριστό En Christo. Literally, In or into Christ. Paul wasn’t picky with his prepositions ending with Christo! With Christ, through Christ, by Christ…just about any motional preposition will do! While yesterday we explored the oddly comforting yet rarely stated Christian axiom that through baptism we are imprinted with the
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Yesterday we reflected upon the profound nature of God revealed in gospel resurrection, namely the eucatastrophic nature of God’s love, as the former great Episcopal Bishop of Colorado Bill Frey summarized with his pithy quote, “God’s never late but rarely early!” As Easter Christians we expect eucatastrophe always! And today,
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As you may well know, one of my enduring spiritual directors is the 20th century English Oxford Don, World War I veteran, faithful Roman Catholic, poet laureate and Godfather of Fantasy Fiction, Professor John Ronald Reuel Tolkien. Tolkien’s pioneering literary recovery of Beowulf, academic prowess in philology (a little known
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Before we move forwards, a moment to look backwards. For me this Eastertide is flying by, 50 days feeling like 20 while our Lenten 40 days felt like 4,000! We began these Eastertide reflections on April 11th marking the Great Vigil of Easter, the next day inaugurating the Great 50
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Yes, it’s hard to stop exploring John or any of our rich biblical texts of resurrection. Before we leave the Johannine resurrection cycle, a bonus reflection! You may have noticed my predilection towards John, as most Anglicans are so disposed. And for those curious about what Johannine material I avoided
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The final scriptural passage of our biblical resurrection romp, and I am sad to close this portion of our reflections. But worry not, dear reader, as we have plenty enough to enjoy together before Pentecost Day in these daily visits! And we close in the most unlikely of places, the
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The close of John 21 is not the ending of Jesus’ resurrection appearances, although today’s texts require some ingenuity to see clearly. Just as the Pauline corpus of scripture contains more than Paul’s actual letters (Luke-Acts, and Hebrews which was subsumed under Paul’s umbrella though clearly he did not author
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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 the lakeshore after breakfast.
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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 and putter about as we intentionally and reverently receive each and
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<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, comprised of sinistral individuals, apologizes for this blatant bias in gospel maritime
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