Transverting Truth Lectionary 18 March 2018 5th Sunday in Lent Jeremiah 31:31-34 Psalm 51:1-12 Hebrews 5:5-10 John 12:20-33 Text to Life Lent is a season of readying. Lent is a season of repentance. Lent is a season of renewal. Lent is a season of fasting. But we...
Immeasurable: Reflections on the Soul of Ministry in the Age of Church, Inc. By Skye Jethan –Review by Landrum P. Leavell III, ThD. I like the writing of Skye Jethani. He writes from the inside but with outside eyes, always challenging and informing....
The same concept is true in music as reflected in the quote by Chopin. No matter how many notes, the challenge cannot be the focus. The complexity for the performer must not distract from the connection with the listener. Chopin’s music is notoriously complex and...
Caring for the Vineyard We Did Not Plant Story Lectionary 18 March 2018 The Fifth Week of Jesus’ Lenten Journey God Plants a Garden (Genesis 2) The Story of Cain and Abel (Genesis 4) Noah Plants a Vineyard (Genesis 9) God’s Laws of Mercy (Exodus 23) The Unkempt...
John Wesley noted in his Preface to Sermons on Several Occasions in 1746 that scriptures should be heard not controlled, as they are inspired and living documents…” then the writings whereby being dead, they yet speak.” The art of metaphor-image exegesis seeks to...
