Colossians 3:1-4
Easter Day A
[…] of multifaceted, distinctively Christian ethic. “It is,” they write, “a resurrection ethic that refuses to bow the knee to the empire and its idols. It is an ascension ethic that refuses to be subject to the principles of normality. It is a liberated ethic that dares to imagine a world that is alternative to […]
John 6:56-59
Proper 16B
[…] to where he was before seems an odd insertion into a passage that had otherwise not come anywhere near broaching such an image or idea of an ascension. Nor does Jesus do much with this himself in the subsequent verses. But as Donald Juel once pointed out, this does hang together with earlier references […]
John 21:1-19
Easter 3C
[…] memorable post-resurrection story on the Road to Emmaus that happened yet that first Easter day but then rather swiftly fast-forwards to an exceedingly brief account of the ascension 40 days later. Matthew gives us just a handful of verses but you don’t really notice how little Matthew gives following the resurrection on account of […]
Advent 1B: When the Rooster Crows
[…] verse 30? One possible answer has to do with the concept of “the already and the not yet.” In Christ Jesus, and through his death, resurrection, and ascension, the kingdom of God has already come, has already broken in on history. As believers, we are citizens of this kingdom already. So even though the […]
Mark 1:4-11
Epiphany 1B
[…] in the holy of holies that shielded God’s presence from us sinful humans was torn apart, top to bottom. In Jesus’s birth, life and ministry, death, resurrection, ascension and promise of return we get the same message over and over: God’s love will not be held back from his beloveds. So might we also […]
E.T. the Extra Terrestrial (1982) – 2
[…] and in that, unbeknownst to all those secular hordes, and Christians too, who adored the film, lay its power (for specific detail, see entries on resurrection and ascension in ET). The film’s screenwriter, the late Melissa Mathison, Catholic schoolgirl that she was, realized halfway through shooting that she had delivered, unbeknownst to her own […]
Psalm 24
Proper 10B
Psalm 24 is as familiar to church goers as it is offensive to non-church goers. Christians know it from our annual celebration of Christ’s Ascension, where it is nearly always read. It is also part of some classic readings that attend Holy Communion. But many non-Christians will be offended by verses 3-6, which certainly […]
John 13:31-35
Easter 5C
[…] from the cross. Consider: Jesus was preparing the disciples for his absence in these words of John 13. But as the Church prepares to mark again the Ascension of Christ in a couple of weeks, we no less than the disciples recognize that we must get used to the physical absence of the Savior. […]
Matthew 9:35-10:8
Proper 6A
[…] believed, most of their misunderstandings as to the nature of Jesus’ kingdom persist all the way until Pentecost. Remember Acts 1 and the moments right before Jesus’ ascension into heaven when—even at that late date some forty days after the resurrection—the disciples ask, “Lord, are you at this time going to restore the kingdom […]
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