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  Monday – Third Week of Lent Gospel – Luke 4:24-30 Kill the Messenger? Fields of Galilee. Mt. Precipice In today’s Gospel, Jesus preaches in the synagogue at Nazareth, his hometown. It does not go well. The people become so enraged at him for reminding them of their sinfulness that they drag him out and attempt to throw him off the top of Mt. Precipice (the pic). How well do we handle criticism? How often do we lash out at the messenger and lose sight of the words of correction? NEWS FLASH!! None of us are perfect; we all need correction from time to time. God calls each one of us to give and accept correction in the spirit of love and the desire to change, to become better Christians, Don’t kill the messenger!
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  3rd Sunday of Lent Gospel – John 4:5-42 Thirsty! Baptism Site, Jordan River A couple years ago, Ginger and I went to visit my sister Mary who lives near Ocean City, MD, on the Eastern Shore.   There is literally only one way to drive to her home and that involves crossing the Chesapeake Bay Bridge!   I admit it – I am not fond of ‘bridges over troubled waters.”   But this one is a doozy!!   The Bay Bridge is over 4 miles long, technically 2 separate spans, each with 2 lanes and reaching a height of 185 feet.   During the summer season, the backup can reach for miles and often, in high winds or bad weather, it can be shut down completely.   Add in all the semi-trailer traffic and you get the picture!   I am not a fan!   Ginger prefers to just close her eyes and “tell me when it’s over,” Of course, the bridge is not a destination in and of itself; it is merely part of the journey, literally bridging the gap between 2 locations! ...
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  Saturday - Second Week of Lent Gospel – Luke 15:1-3, 11-32 Daddy Always Liked You Best Chapel of Nativity, Bethlehem There’s an old Jewish story about two adult brothers, each of them a farmer.   The older one was married with 10 children and the younger one was single and no kids.   The younger one felt sorry for his older brother having to feed all those kids; so every night he would load up a bag of wheat from his barn and took it to his brother’s barn.   And every night the older brother, worrying about his younger brother growing old and having no one to support him, would also load up a wagon with wheat and place it in his brother’s barn.   Finally one night they met midway between their barns, realized what was happening, and they embraced! That is certainly not the case in the story of the Prodigal Son.   The older son harbors resentment and anger toward his brother for wasting his inheritance and his father for welcoming him back with ope...
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