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when the wind goes the other way A sermon on Jesus washing of the disciples' feet Seeing as it’s Lent, I’ll begin with a confession : I am a total fan of the pop darling Carly Rae Jepsen. * Any fans? Lest you think I’m making this disclosure in jest , I offer exhibits A through E as evidence against myself. Even more troublesome, though, is if you don’t know Carly’s music, I implore you to rectify this omission as quickly as possible! I’d begin with her 2015 album, “ Emotion .”   Well, seeing as I’ve already made one confession, I’ll make another : I have no shame about this admission! And I don’t have any guilt about it, either! Carly’s songs are syrupy -sweet, and shockingly sophisticated , too. She’s a consummate pop musician.   As such, her songs are about one thing and one thing only . Something we all have a stake in, to some degree. I’m talking about, of course, love . If you hadn’t already guessed that from the fact she named an entire album “ Emotion .” What’...

& we were wrong The scripture for Maundy Thursday is John 13 This has easily been one of, if not the most disastrous Lent. Hasn’t it? Truth be told, though, for me and Amanda it actually started way by in Advent . When her beloved grandmother, Jean, died.   I remember how Jeans death put our Advent into a tailspin … And at first, I fought against it. Even though our schedule was upside-down, I struggled to make sure we kept the house in order, got gifts, and even took time to read our Advent devotional… But as time went on, it got to be too much . By the time Christmas rolled around, we were doing everything we could just to keep up…   After Christmas, New Years and Annual Meetings, though , life seemed to have returned to a semblance of normalcy… …But then; well, you know what happened… If I had thought Advent was a mess, this Lent made Advent seem like something straight from Bing Crosby’s “White Christmas.” Take ...

time will never matter The Holy Gospel according to St. John the 13th chapter ! This sermon isn’t about our “ nevers ,” it’s about Jesus’ always … On the night as the pot started to boil over. The night before everything hit the fan. The night before the final reckoning. The night even the air was tense .   Jesus gathered his inner circle around a table.   Only, instead of laying out a plan to take down the enemy, Jesus took off his robe. Instead of putting on a military uniform, he puts on servant’s rags. And instead of taking up arms, he picks up a bowl. On the night when all the forces of evil will wage war with Jesus, Jesus doesn’t stand up to the wicked ruler, instead he kneels at the side of his disciples! He wages no righteous war, instead he washes their dirty feet.   * Even Judas’, who would betray him… And Peter, along with the rest of us, will have none of it. He tells Jesus “ never .” “You will never wash my feet,” P...