Read the Lectionary Texts   John tells us some Greeks wanted to see Jesus. This may seem an insignificant detail to you and me living two-thousand years removed from the moment, but it was not insignificant to Jesus. In fact, when Jesus found out about it - that these Greeks had come to seek him out – he realized his life had reached a major turning point. “The time has come,” Jesus said in response to the news. Now anybody who has seen the movie, “My Big Fat Greek Wedding” can appreciate how the arrival of a bunch of Greek people [READ MORE]

Read the Lectionary Texts A few weeks after my wife and I moved into a new house we had a surprise visitor. We were returning home from running some errands. As we pulled into the driveway, I hit the garage door opener, and watched the door begin to rise. We noticed something fall from the bottom edge of the door. I thought it was a part of the door. But I was wrong. It was a snake! Turned out to be a copperhead. About three-feet long. The serpent slithered into the garage, looking for a place to hide. I [READ MORE]