We do not abandon others, and we refuse to be abandoned ourselves.
Living by the Word
Reflections on the lectionary readings by pastors, preachers, and biblical scholars
Bahir Dar, Ethiopia. Some rights reserved by Abdallah A. Mansour.
Peter tries to be supportive. Jesus calls him Satan.
I kept losing track of what I was going to say next. Yet it may have been my best sermon.
Whether we are sheep or people or runaway bunnies, we cannot run away from God.
Again and again in scripture, pounding hearts become burning hearts.
As a seminarian, I never seemed to be there when Jesus arrived.
"Were you there?" asks the song. No, no one was.
