March 2020

Baptism: A Living Symbol of the Christian Life- New Birth and New Creation, March 2020

Baptism is a living symbol of the Christian life. Two of its most important meanings are the New Birth and the New Creation. The first […]

Baptism: A Living Symbol of the Christian Life- Anointing, Holy Spirit and Calling, March 2020

At baptism I lay hands on the ones being baptized as they come up out of the water. I offer them a prayer that is […]

Baptism: A Living Symbol of the Christian Life- Belonging to A Family of Faith, The Body of Christ, March 2020

Jesus came not only to start a movement—a movement of the love of God and neighbor—he came to form a community, a family of faith, […]

Baptism: Living Symbol of the Christian Life- Turning and Washing, March 2020

Today we explore two more meanings of Baptism as a living symbol of the Christian life: Turning and Washing. These were the elemental meanings of […]

Baptism: Living Symbol of the Christian Life- Following Jesus and Being the Beloved, March 2020

This season, Lent to Easter, let’s ponder Baptism as a living symbol of the Christian life. It is, in my mind, the most complete and […]

Christian Anti-Semitism and Anti-Judaism

(These words were prepared for and spoken to Congregation Emanuel, Statesville, North Carolina in January 2020.) I have said in mixed company of Jews and […]

How Else but Through a Broken Heart? Ash Wednesday, 2020

Oscar Wilde, the Irish poet and playwriter, harldly known for his Christian faith, who spent two years in prison for being a homosexual wrote these […]