Linda Chase, Lent 5, Year B; March 25, 2012; Genesis 4:1-16; Ephesians 2:4-10 Back in 1992 there was a trial that took place in LA that led to riots. It was the trial of several white police officers who had been caught on video beating a black man whose name was Rodney King. I can […]
Carlos Wilton, March 18, 2012, 4th Sunday in Lent, Year B, John 3:14-21 “But those who do what is true come to the light…” – John 3:21 Sometimes there’s no way to understand a passage from the Bible unless you first put yourselves in the shoes – or the sandals, as the case may be […]
Carlos Wilton, March 11, 2012; 3rd Sunday in Lent, Year B; Exodus 20:1-17; Romans 3:19-31 “Then God spoke all these words: I am the Lord your God…” – Exodus 20:1a The boys knew they shouldn’t be doing it. They were supposed to be studying the Talmud. Still, when one of them pulled out a checkerboard […]
Carlos Wilton, March 4, 2012; 2nd Sunday in Lent, Year B; Mark 8:31-38 “If any want to become my followers, let them deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me.” – Mark 8:34b “First Lieutenant Jimmy Cross carried letters from a girl named Martha, a junior at Mount Sebastian College in New Jersey. […]