Monthly Archives: June 2023

Slow Train Coming Romans 6:12-23 Bob Dylan addresses this scripture reading better than I can. Click this: Gotta Serve Somebody. Fifth Sunday after PentecostJuly 2, 2023

Ishmael Genesis 21:8-21 Abraham loved both his boys;Sarah spurned the elder son.Sarah wanted the second bornto inherit and grow the family business. For the fair-minded father, it was disturbingto learn the younger Isaac was his heir.The scandal of election seemed … Continue reading →

The Birth of Laughter Genesis 18:1-15 [21:1-7] Infertility is hereditary.If your parents didn’t have kids,neither will you.This was not a laughing matterto the old man Abrahamand the old woman Sarah who tried for years without successto have a child.God promised … Continue reading →

The Thing Itself Romans 4:13-25 When a man loves a woman,does he love a painting of the womanor the woman herself?Surely he knows the paintingis not the thing itself. When a woman loves a man,does she love a photograph of … Continue reading →