During this Holy Week, we are drawing near to the time when we must face the reality of seeing Jesus on the cross. In today’s lectionary reading from John [12:20-36] we read of Jesus predicting his own death. Let us not gloss over verse 32 “And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, […]
Month: April 2019
Claire…ification: Launching into the Life of the Church
Over recent weeks I have had conversations with a few people who are feeling discouraged by what they perceive as a lack of desire by many in the congregation to do much that really makes a difference in their community. These people feel that there is a lack of enthusiasm and energy and willingness to […]
Claire…ification-Preaching the “Gospel”
Several months ago I was having a conversation with someone who told me that they really liked the way their pastor “preached the gospel”. Keeping my opinions to myself for reasons I won’t get into here, I must admit that my internal response was “I wonder what version of the gospel that was!” I did […]
