Genesis 2:15-17; 3:1-7Romans 5:12-19Matthew 4:1-11We imagine him out there, sitting in the shade of some overhanging crag, wrestling with a fallen Angel. We tell the story as if it were all so obvious that his opponent was some red demi-god with a forked tail and pitchfork. But we misread the Gospel when we imagine it … Continue reading A Homily For The First Sunday in Lent Year A: Into Temptation
Month: March 2011
Outside the Locked Doors of the Cathedral, A Call for Justice
They came, hundreds strong, standing in the spring sunshine. They were young and old, working class and middle class, union and nonunion, white and black and brown. There were Muslims and Jews, Christians and nonbelievers, Unitarians and Baptists and Lutherans. There was a sprinkling of Episcopalians, the usual suspects: the Chair of the HIV/AIDS Ministry, … Continue reading Outside the Locked Doors of the Cathedral, A Call for Justice
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Ash Wednesday, Year A, March 9 2011 –A Reward in Full
It was April 1945. The women of Ravensbruck whispered the rumors that the war was nearly over. All the years of hard labor, of torture and terror, would soon be behind them. American troops were advancing on Berlin from the west and the Russians from the east. Any moment now, they would be saved. They … Continue reading Ash Wednesday, Year A, March 9 2011 –A Reward in Full
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The Supreme Court and the Westboro Baptists: The Right to Be Wrong
Today's United States Supreme Court 8-1 ruling that members of the Westboro Kansas Church have a constitutional right to their repugnant protests of military funerals is offensive to most people who have any sense of decency--but that does not mean that the Supreme Court is wrong. In fact, in its defense of the cult's right … Continue reading The Supreme Court and the Westboro Baptists: The Right to Be Wrong
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