As I headed off to Divinity School, now many years ago, I asked my minister, What do you learn there, in Divinity School? She said, You learn how to read…
Habakkuk cries out in frustration to God; he cries out nearly in accusation. Habakkuk wants to know how long the cries for help will go unheard, how long the injustices…
Have you ever had the experience of reading something and then realizing that you have read it wrong? Rather than reading what was on the page, you read what you…
Yesterday morning I was at Allen Happe’s memorial service. Now, the first thing you should know is that I knew for a couple of weeks that I would be at…
Jeremiah is sometimes called a prophet of doom. He lived on the cusp of the final disintegration of Israel. But when he began his prophecying, Israel was in a time…
This morning’s story is hard to swallow. Martha is working like crazy around the house. And Mary, her sister, is sitting doing nothing. Well not exactly doing nothing. She’s just…
Look out for the good times. Look out for the times when everything seems to be going fine. Look out, because, as the old black spiritual says, even if the…
Throughout her life my mother has always been a very religious person. However, as many times as I have read this morning’s passage before, I confess had never noticed what…
