A few minutes ago, we walked baby Peter up and down the aisle so that you could all see and welcome him. And, like we do with all the babies on the day they are baptized, we wondered about what this little guy might become as he grows up. Maybe this. Maybe that. We can’t […]
According to Luke’s gospel, it was all pretty spectacular. It doesn’t start out that way. Mary’s contractions begin before there is a suitable place for her baby to be born. She ends up birthing in some kind of an animal shed with Joseph as her midwife. Animal sheds don’t make great birthing rooms, and Joseph, […]
In Luke’s gospel, Jesus spends a whole lot of time eating with people. And most of the time Jesus is the guest, not the host. He is the one who is invited, not the one who invites. Jesus doesn’t have the wherewithal to be the host. He doesn’t have a big enough house with a […]