by Lynda Hart | Jan 12, 2026
The baptism of Jesus is reported in each of the three Synoptic Gospels—Matthew, Mark and Luke. Clearly, it was an event of great significance for Jesus and for the early Christian community. Mark and Luke report the story from Jesus’ perspective; the voice from heaven...
by Lynda Hart | Dec 23, 2025
The name of Ebenezer Scrooge has become synonymous with miserliness, greed, grumpiness—everything we don’t want to be. Charles Dickens’, in his classic story, A Christmas Carol, describes him as a “squeezing, wrenching, grasping, scraping, clutching, covetous, old...
by Lynda Hart | Dec 15, 2025
[This is an oldie, but goodie. I’ve shared it before and was recently reminded of it, so I thought I would share it again. Part Two will appear next week. To be clear, I didn’t write this—though I wish I had!] I was in the first grade back when they still performed...
by Lynda Hart | Dec 7, 2025
In today’s passage from the beginning of Matthew’s gospel we’re re-introduced to John the Baptist. His proclamation is familiar “Prepare the way of the Lord,” or as the one translation says it, “Prepare the way for that which is already present at every moment,...
by Lynda Hart | Dec 1, 2025
Does this sound familiar? “For I am about to create new heavens and a new earth; the former things shall not be remembered or come to mind. But be glad and rejoice forever in what I am creating; for I am about to create Jerusalem as a joy, and its people as...
by Lynda Hart | Nov 24, 2025
Our Christian liturgical year follows a rhythmic cycle. It points us toward beginnings and ends. This is the Thirty Fourth or last Sunday of the Church year and we celebrate Christ the King (or, Reign of Christ) Sunday. It is no coincidence that between this Sunday...
