Month: March 2014

“Hey Mister, Are You Blind?”

March 30, 2014

Fourth Sunday in Lent                                                                      30 March 2014 (1 Samuel 16:1-13   Psalm 23   Ephesians 5:8-14   John 9:1-41) “Hey Mister, Are You Blind?” Last week I was walking down 14th St. in NW Washington, DC.  This was the corridor where the race riots began in the 1960s.  As I crossed over Vermont Ave., I passed a homeless … More “Hey Mister, Are You Blind?”

“Loving in the Light!”

March 16, 2014

Second Sunday in Lent                                                                     16 March 2014 (Genesis 12:1-4a   Psalm 121   Romans 4:1-5, 13-17   John 3: 1-17) “Loving In the Light!” Stealth meeting.  Secret gathering place.  Nocturnal rendezvous.  Late night conversation.  Is this not yet another tag line for a thrilling Hollywood blockbuster.? Sorry…..only the Second Sunday of Lent.   Here’s the scuttlebutt on Nicodemus. … More “Loving in the Light!”

“Identity Thieving!”

March 9, 2014

First Sunday of Lent                                                                                        9 March 2014 (Genesis 2:15-17; 3:1-7   Psalm 32   Romans 5:12-19   Matthew 4:1-11) “Identity Thieving!” Temptation, seduction, betrayal…….sounds like taglines for a new Hollywood blockbuster film!  No, sorry, we are just at the First Sunday of Lent.  In the wilderness, the devil and Jesus are at it again.  In the garden of … More “Identity Thieving!”