We’re geared up for a year of Sundays spent mostly with the Gospel of Matthew, my least favorite gospel.
Like the people going to see John the Baptist, Max went to the wilderness to look at the wild things. But he discovered that what he was going to look at was less important than what he was going to look for.
My friend, James, uses a flip phone and doesn’t text much. But I got a message from him Friday recommending a new podcast: Dolly Parton’s America. By the way, as a rule, if a friend with a flip phone recommends a podcast, you should always check it out…
Jesus says that this coming again is something that can be missed if you’re not looking; like when you wake up and realize that at some point, your truck has been rummaged through.
After Bertie gave his triumphant speech, Lionel addressed him for the first time as ‘Your majesty.’ Perhaps it was his way of saying friendship precedes kingship, not the other way around. In order to become the cosmic Christ, the one over thrones, dominions, rulers, and powers, Jesus first had to go to the tomb of his friend Lazarus and weep.