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Mary of Bethany
The church remembers on this Saturday, Mary of Bethany’s anointing of Jesus. Many see her actions as evidence of the first of Jesus’ disciples to really understand the mission he is undertaking as he heads to Jerusalem. In the sonnet I imagine the fuller arc of Mary’s experience with Jesus,…
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Palm Sunday
This sonnet is for Palm Sunday and serves as both a part of a series for Lent entitled, Ashes to Eternity (which is an art exhibit) and is also a part of a series of Sunday sermon passages from the Gospel of Luke entitled Walking with Jesus. The sonnet is…
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The Transfiguration
This sonnet is based upon Luke’s account of the Transfiguration from Luke 9:28-36 which reads, Now about eight days after these sayings he took with him Peter and John and James and went up on the mountain to pray. 29 And as he was praying, the appearance of his face…
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Stuck Here
One of my favorite scenes from the Divine Comedy takes place when Dante and Virgil arrive to the gates of the City of Dis. While crossing the river Styx, Dante is confronted by a wrathful soul who is wallowing in the muck and mire of that marsh. Dante recognizes the soul as…
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Does a Man Gain?
In the congregation where I pastor, we are working through Luke’s gospel on Sunday mornings and walking with Jesus to Jerusalem. This week we are looking at Peter’s confession and Jesus’ call to discipleship in Luke 9. Last night the question which Jesus asks in Luke 9.25 “For what does it…
Backward Mutters 