Today we hear in our Gospel lesson of how John the Baptist asked from prison if Jesus was the one who was to come or if they should wait for another. Jesus answers this question for John by reflecting the words of the prophets of old and telling him about what people hear and see […]
On this Christ the King Sunday, we are reminded once again to strive to live into God’s Kingdom more fully, where the hungry are fed, the thirsty are given something to drink, the strangers are welcomed, the naked are clothed, the sick are cared for, and the prisoners are visited, knowing that as we do […]
Using the 50 anniversary of JFK’s assassination and the 35th anniversary of the Jonestown suicide/massacre as a backdrop, the festival of Christ the King takes place between the two thieves at Calvary, “If” and “Remember.”
Today on this Christ the King Sunday we have a very telling Gospel lesson. For while we are celebrating the fact that Jesus rules our lives this day, we hear the story of how he is on trial before Pilate. This is not the position that one would ever see a king in. A king […]
The King of Kings has come down from heaven and given himself to us. At Christmas we rejoice in this most amazing gift, and all it means for our lives and our world. We have been given “Emmanuel – God with us”, and that has forever changed our lives. We are able to face the […]
Today is Christ the King Sunday. A Sunday where we celebrate Jesus, our Savior. A Sunday where we would tend to think about Christ on his heavenly throne in all his splendor, yet today we find that Christ the King comes to us as someone who is hungry, someone who is thirsty, someone who is […]
Christ as King is known chiefly upon the cross upon which he was crucified…the questions of the leaders, soldiers, and thief, are the same questions the world and the church asks of Jesus today….A crucified Messiah goes against everything we may hope for as God’s reign is power hidden in weakness.