RCL Reflection, Fourth Sunday in Lent, Year B, March 14, 2021
Too often we are convinced that we ought to be able to make things right using our own will and resources. That is a lie. We need the message of the cross, we need to know that God loves us and will not give up on us, and we learn about and lean into the amazing grace and crazy love of God in Christ Jesus. (Photo: Tom Mills, Creative Commons)
Revised Common Lectionary Reflection, Fourth Sunday in Lent, March 11, 2018
God’s been at this love business for a mighty long time, too. Having spoken the world into being—itself a great act of creative love—God continues to provide humankind with a way forward, no matter how much we grumble or how abysmally we fail at loving God in return. This, my friends, is very good news! (Photo: Bob Brennaman, Creative Commons)
Lectionary Reflection for the Fourth Sunday in Lent, Year B, March 15, 2015
We convince ourselves that Jesus came because God loves us and other people like us. Everything is fine and dandy as long as our notions of who is worthy of God’s love aren’t challenged too much. But here’s the thing: John 3:17 does challenge us because we learn that God doesn’t want anyone to be destroyed, that all of creation is worthy of salvation. (Photo: Eric Golub, Creative Commons)
