Sixth Sunday after the Epiphany (Year 4, NL)

The psalmists—all of them—were folks besotted with God.

You can live a long time off a vision like the transfiguration. But there is much else in this world we must look at, from which we dare not avert our eyes.

In the gospels, sometimes Jesus responds to questions much like the young Bob Dylan did in interviews.

There’s a connection between a desire to care and the offer of food. We’re committed to each other’s survival.

This last reading from the bread of life discourse places Jesus’ disciples at a crossroads.

Wonder Bread seems a good analogy for much of popular Christianity.

The Greek word sarx could well be translated as “hamburger” rather than “flesh.”

We need to wrestle with the meaning of Jesus’ flesh as bread, bread we are to consume.

Psalm 34 is like balm to the weary spirit and nourishment to the hungry soul.

This psalm is hard to take.

The disciples remember every miracle that Jesus did, every truth that he proclaimed.

The church doesn’t always value people as God does. Not even Mary.

Before judging individuals for their sin, we should try to understand the forces of evil influencing them.

Communion is not the only time we seek Jesus like a hungry baby.