Pentecost +14 Rev. Doug Floyd John 6 For the last several weeks, our Gospel readings have been from John 6. Today I want to pause over that entire chapter and listen. As John 6 opens, thousands of people follow Jesus up a mountain because he has been healing the sick. The Passover is at hand,…
Growing in Wisdom Pentecost +13 Rev. Doug Floyd Probers 9:1-6 In our second lesson today, Paul exhorts his listeners to “Look carefully then how you walk, not as unwise but as wise…” Wisdom plays a key role in our readings today. The Proverbs passage is a call to follow lady wisdom. The reading from Psalms…
Feast of the Transfiguration Rev. Doug Floyd Luke 9:28-36 Peter, James, and John are dazed. The sudden eruption of God’s glory knocks them out as though dead. Like walking from a dark cave into the middle of the glaring sun, they are stunned, blinded. As Peter begins to see Jesus Transfigured into pure light from…