It really begins. If Elizabeth Fitzgerald were present that day she’d say, “Webb Hubbell, all hell done broke loose.” Reading the accounts of this day it seems that everybody Jesus taught and trained can’t get it right. Nobody seems to understand what Jesus is saying, Judas goes off the reservation, the disciples can’t stay awake,…
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Wednesday in Holy Week
The players, coaches, and fans of Kentucky and Baylor are celebrating. I can assure you that in the locker room the coaches reminded their players to savor the victory. Legend tells us that Zacchaeus, the legendary tax-collector who climbed a tree to see Jesus passing, remained in Jericho after Jesus’s death. Each morning he returned…
Tuesday in Holy Week
I commend to you all Luis’s Palm Sunday sermon found at www.stjohns-dc.org. As Ginger says, he started the season with a home run. I don’t remember reading much about Lent being a “conditioning exercise.” But, in a way it is. In college football jargon the season doesn’t begin in the fall. You win championships in…
Monday In Holy Week
That’s right its Holy Week already and soon you can open that bottle of wine, box of chocolates, or in my case have a pizza with extra sausage. This Palm Sunday there was an article in the Times about Bonnie Raitt and her new album, Slipstream. As many of you know I’m a huge fan,…
Friday in the Fifth Week of Lent
It is easy to be overwhelmed by the news of horrible events and listening to people shout at each other on TV. You wonder where is the world going and are things getting so much worse. Then God smiles at me and sends me a reminder of what is also happening around this world. I…