I don’t like this. When I mourn I want to not mourn anymore.
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.
Matthew 4:12–23
Isaiah 49:1–7; Psalm 40:1–11; 1 Corinthians 1:1–9; John 1:29–42
Isaiah 42:1–9; Psalm 29; Acts 10:34–43; Matthew 3:13–17
If people can approach the faith without thinking they already know what it is, they might hear the good news for themselves.
What troubles me about the holy family's flight to Egypt is that God, in Jesus, runs away.
We don't need to explain logos theology; we need to bear witness to Jesus coming into our world.
Our busyness at Christmas hides God's busyness for us—but Luke's Gospel reveals it.
Matthew's geneaology underscores that God has always worked through messy and broken families.
Jesus' ministry is not what John the Baptist expected it to be.
