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well, i remember that everyday, i get a little bit closer / to you A sermon on Jesus' sermon to end all sermons : Well, Jesus certainly got our attention with that one. Didn’t he? With this passage, Jesus strikes upon something we’re all deeply invested in: time . And Jesus strikes at the heart of the matter, too. Time, says Christ, is winding down . Now, on one hand, we all already know this. Don’t we? We’ve all felt the passage of time. We can all tell that time inexorably goes in one direction only . We’ve all had that uncanny experience of noticing the slippage of time in real -time! On the other hand, though , we don’t believe it. Do we? At least we don’t live like we believe it, not really. We all carry on as if time doesn’t have our number. We all live as if the present will continue indefinitely .   Of course, it goes without saying that it never does. And I’m not just talking about the certainty of change , either. I’m talking about the inevitable conclusion ...

don't let me explode The Holy Gospel According to St. Mark : The radio-evangelist couldn’t keep her awake anymore. For a while listening to him spout on and on about fire and brimstone, about being ready, about heaven and earth passing away and all that, had entertained her.  Now his voice was just a drone, and it was more likely to put her to sleep than to keep her awake.  So she changed the radio-station again. Nothing was on, though, except jazz and classical music. That wouldn’t do. She rolled down the window. The wind blew in, and the cold air shocked her awake. For at least a little longer. “Stay awake,” she said to herself — for probably the millionth time. She blinked, but then had to fight to pull her eyelids up after letting them shut. ‘This is crazy,’ she thought. It didn’t take long for her to find an exit with signs for gas-stations and hotels. She took the exit, pulled into a hotel parking lot and checked her purse. She didn’t have much m...