Third Sunday after the Epiphany (Year 4, NL)

Look, people are sinking under the waters. Here in this wilderness, people are perishing.

After an attempted coup in Indonesia in 1965, headlines reported that 500,000 people were killed. What did not make the headlines was the quiet revolution that began as the wind of the Spirit began to move into a collapsed intellectual and moral vacuum. There was no ballyhoo or promotion, but simply the response of untold numbers who found in the churches a haven.

If you’re Eli, you’re not sleeping that well when the boy comes trotting in to disturb you with his nonsense.

Portrayed as a cowardly dolt, Nicodemus is usually spotted skulking about under cover of darkness.

Embracing Jesus as the Christ means becoming a new person, not a better one.