glory – A Preacher’s Ponderings

Misgotten glory

First Sunday in Lent; 6 March 2022; Lent 1C (RCL); Deuteronomy 26:1-11; Psalm 91:1-2, 9-16; Romans 10:8b-13; Luke 4:1-13.

None of the things the devil tempts Jesus with is evil in itself, and in fact, in Luke’s telling, Jesus will in fact accomplish them. What makes them wrong is motivation and purpose. Looking at world events today, it is good to be reminded that we are not God.

Seeing and not seeing

Last Sunday after Epiphany; 27 February 2022; Last Epiphany C (RCL); Exodus 34:29-35; Psalm 99; 2 Corinthians 3:12 – 4:2; Luke 9:28-43a.

Paul turns the story of Moses’ face on its head, and makes it into a condemnation of Israel, for its failure to see Jesus as the Christ. In its initial setting, the story of Moses’ face was meant to show him as a true ‘friend of God,’ who could gaze on God’s glory without fear. The rest of us poor mortals couldn’t even gaze at Moses.