Jeremiah
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Holy irony: Matthew 26:14–27:66
At one end of Matthew, Jesus goes free. At the other, cruel, ritualized slaughter befalls him.
Expect a call: Jeremiah 1:4-10; Luke 4:21-30
When I run across texts like these from Jeremiah and Luke, I’m always asking, “What kind of community does it take to raise prophets like Jeremiah and even Jesus?” Being a Baptist, I have few doubts about God calling prophets, preachers, missionaries and everyday Christians. The call of God tends to be very personal, but it is not private and does not come in a vacuum.
Light the candles: Jeremiah 33:14-16; Luke 21:25-36
How odd that the most hopeful season of the Christian calendar begins in the midst of darkness! When we light the first candle on the Advent wreath, it will not be a second too soon. This Advent I feel an urgent need for the light that comes from God, and I do not think I am the only one.
Homeward bound: John 1:10-18; Jeremiah 31:7-14
Straight paths, deep consolation, and special care for the most vulnerable suggest a road home shaped by generous welcome and tender care.
Homeward bound: John 1:10-18; Jeremiah 31:7-14
Straight paths, deep consolation, and special care for the most vulnerable suggest a road home shaped by generous welcome and tender care.
Things get nasty (Jeremiah 1:4-10; Luke 4:21-30)
Those of us who have been trained to make rhetorical peace with the congregation marvel at the freedom of Jesus to preach over their heads, to wound in order to heal, to use their own beloved texts against them. How sly of the common lectionary to pair this linguistic assault by Jesus at Nazareth with Paul’s pretty words on love. Poor preachers. Sometimes we love our people in the name of Christ, enduring just about everything with them, and sometimes we love them by throwing the Book at them.
Pent-up power: Jeremiah 33:14-16; Psalm 25:1-10; 1 Thessalonians 3:9-13; Luke 21:25-36
The realization that one has enemies, personal or professional, can make one adopt a guarded and self-limiting stance toward life. Yet in Psalm 25, where someone is wrestling with this kind of situation, we see the psalmist reaching out to the one he can trust as not treacherous, to whom he can relate, secure in the knowledge that in God he has a source of steadfast love.
Course correction: Jeremiah 31:7-14
Through the prophet Jeremiah, we discover our own place and time in the dance with God.
Course correction: Jeremiah 31:7-14
Through the prophet Jeremiah, we discover our own place and time in the dance with God.