All Saints Day (Year C, RCL)

As long as the ascension is in any way related to upward movement (like an elevator going to the clouds), I am and will continue to be unmoved. The vertical directional imagery just doesn’t do it for me. I am not even moved to argue about whether or not “it” happened.

Whereas my most “prophetic” sermons are in the imperative mood, Jesus preaches in the indicative.

Keeping score and getting even—that’s what enemies do.