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When Jesus Wept

10/31/2021

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Revelation 21: 1-6; John 11:32-44
Service of Remembrance

​Here's an old trivia question many of you may know the answer to: what is the shortest verse in the bible? We read it today. John 11: 35, “Jesus wept.” Pundits have argued for centuries why Jesus would weep when he knew he was about to raise his beloved friend back to life. And I don't want to get into those arguments but I share this thought, when Jesus chose to come to our world and to live a life fully human, he chose to share all of life. Being human meant there would be times of grief. We all face times of deep sorrow. The fact that Jesus wept with Mary and Martha tells us that Jesus shares our grief with us as well.  
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A Shout Out in Jericho

10/24/2021

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Psalm 34:1-8; Mark 10: 46-52

“They came to Jericho.” That is the opening sentence in today's gospel. I wanted us thinking about Jericho so that's why I shared the famous story of Joshua and the battle of Jericho. Julie and I passed through Jericho on our way from Cana and the Jordan River to Jerusalem when we visited Israel. Mary and Joseph would also have passed through Jericho on their way to Bethlehem for the birth of Jesus and to Jerusalem for the high holy days. It is a common stopping off place on the journey and Jesus and the disciples in today's reading were leaving on their way to Jerusalem.
I want to make a link between the Old Testament story of the walls come tumbling down and today's healing of Bartimaeus. ​

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