by Marian McGrath | Jun 25, 2023 | Kevin's Messages
Our existence is an incredible bustle and brouhaha. In the course of time, it develops its own set of laws. With time, we can no longer stop; the bustle prevents us from living. Even a vacation can be subject to the same insistent demands of speed, movement, and...
by Marian McGrath | Jun 5, 2023 | Kevin's Messages
If you know the musical Godspell or at least its songs you will recall that the final number is called, “Long Live God.” As the play is usually staged the rigid body of Jesus – his arms stretched out as if on a cross – is held aloft on the shoulders of a chorus...
by Marian McGrath | May 30, 2023 | Kevin's Messages
There is something like the miracle of Pentecost in modern Israel where the revived Hebrew tongue – long a dead language except for study of the Bible and Talmud – can be heard. In the book of Acts the reversal of the proliferated tongues at the Tower of Babel is...
by Marian McGrath | May 21, 2023 | Kevin's Messages
Today is an interesting day in the Christian calendar. We get it from Luke, the man who invented Pentecost. Christian Pentecost, I mean, for as a second spring harvest festival fifty days after Passover Pentecost had a long Jewish history. Since Luke alone reports...
by Marian McGrath | May 7, 2023 | Kevin's Messages
Reflections for the Fifth Sunday of Easter – John 14:1-14 John 14:1-3 often serves pastors in funeral contexts. I used to speak of it to students as the “cots in heaven” sermon that goes something like this: when we die, our souls are immediately whisked to heaven to...
by Marian McGrath | May 3, 2023 | Kevin's Messages
Reflection for the Fourth Sunday of Easter – Acts 2:42-47 Over the last few weeks, the first reading has been taken from the second chapter of the book of the Acts of the Apostles. The Apostle Peter has preached on the day of Pentecost which has resulted in many...
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