Claude Monet Still Life with Bottle, Carafe, Bread and Wine 1862-1863 I am the living bread that came down from heaven. Whoever eats of this bread will live forever; and the bread that I will give for the life … Continue reading
Martha was distracted by many things. Luke 10:40. Martha and the rest of us, right? We are part of a distracted generation, driving here and there, trying to do the right thing, or the right twenty-five things at the same … Continue reading
(500-900 C.E.) Byzantium bread stamp was pressed into unbaked loaves to be used for the Eucharist. Jesus Christ Victorious. Metropolitan Museum of Art At Peace we take turns bringing bread and wine for our weekly celebrations of holy communion. The … Continue reading
Virgin and Child with an Angel. 1400’s Sandro Botticelli (Florence) Gardner Museum I am the bread of life that came down from heaven. John 6. The devotional masterpiece, above, on display locally, illustrates the part of John’s Gospel that we … Continue reading
Get back to work! the disciples seem to be saying to Jesus in the gospel reading for Sunday (Mark 1:29-39). Jesus spends a day doing extraordinary things. Then, before the first light of the next morning, he steps away from … Continue reading
As he went ashore, he saw a gread crowd; and he had compassion for them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd; and he began to teach them many things. Mark:6:34 Sometimes my father kept sheep in the pasture … Continue reading
On Christmas the family gathers to sing and pray and receive holy communion. Those who belong to Jesus return to their Christian family home to reflect on the life-renewing meaning of the gospel of the nativity. The muscular Christian message … Continue reading
In the coming weeks I will make a special effort to explore the meaning of three key teachings of the Christian church—communion, confirmation and stewardship—bringing out teachings from the lessons for the day. These three marks of the church are … Continue reading
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