2.10.2013
His First Sermon
Luke 4:14-30
He just said
eight words
in his first sermon.
But like any
first time preacher,
He couldn't leave
well enough alone.
And instead of
being invited
to Sunday dinner,
He had to escape
the wrath of
His hometown
congregation.
2.03.2013
Ash Wednesday (2013)
Ashes made
from the
palms
of a
short-lived
victory march
Are now
recycled
to mark
the heads
of those
who
long
for the
King's
return.
1.31.2013
Apparition
An eighty degree
afternoon
in January
should not be wasted.
I thought
And at the beach,
amongst the
Euros
still on vacation
and the pasty
white Canadians
I see
a Brazilian couple
walking in the surf.
And stamped
on her
gym shaped
bicep
was a tat
of the Madonna
Not a Virgin
at the stable
Madonna.
Not a Mary
standing above
the votive candles
Madonna
But
a Madonna
who had a
I can't stand this anymore
expression.
My trance was broken
by French kids
coming back from a swim
but not waking their
parents from their nap.
And down the beach
went
the couple
babbling in
a language
only they
could know.
1.21.2013
Wedding Crashers
(Wedding at Cana)
“Here's to alcohol: the cause of, and solution to, all of life's problems.”
Homer Simpson
I wonder
if Mary had to
drag Jesus
to this affair.
And to make
it more
tolerable
for Him
add the disciples
to the guest list.
As the wedding
went on,
He watched
from His table,
the honored couple,
the happy families,
His date
dancing with
Peter and Andrew,
He hears
Mary come up
behind Him
and whisper,
“They have no wine.”
And in His
selfishness
He tells her
“That‘s not my problem.”
But His divinity
sees the bigger
picture.
So the first
miracle is recorded.
No shame
to the wedding
couple.
No blame
assigned
to the
uninvited
disciples.
1.13.2013
Thanks for forgetting
Psalm 103:12 NIV
If God is
omniscient
but
does not
remember
our
confessed
sins,
is He
omniscient?
I
guess
He
would say,
“My child,
there are
things
not worth
remembering.”
1.08.2013
7089
Mugshot -7089
I
wonder
why
someone
had to
scrawl
his death date
on the mug shot.
Was he
thinking
like
Pilate and Caiaphas
that
life would
return back
to the way
it was?
I love thee with a love I seemed to lose
Matthew 1-2/Luke1-2
Christmas
is a
season
of losing and
discovering.
Zechariah
lost his voice
arguing
with an angel.
He regains
his voice
filled with
the Holy Spirit.
Elizabeth
lost her
shame
of childlessness.
Her joy
is multiplied
when
meeting Mary
(and Jesus)
Joseph
decides to
lose Mary
quietly.
But through
a dream
he lets
Love
come to town
(and the world)
The Magi were
lost
despite following
the star.
After hearing
the Prophets,
they rediscovered
the star
that lead them
to the King.
May this
new year
reveal
the lost gifts
in your life.
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