| Rev. Christopher Marlin-Warfield

Advent Candles (Christ) at First Congregational United Church of Christ

Vacancy

Curious George did not have a tail. The Monopoly Man does not have a monocle. There’s no hyphen in KitKat. And there is no innkeeper in this story.

Be a Blessing Banner at First Congregational United Church of Christ (DeWitt, Iowa) by cmarlinwarfield

Be a Blessing: Be Kind

They just weren’t curious. Because if they had been curious, they would have asked questions. Questions like, “Have you played a lot of darts?”

Be a Blessing Banner at First Congregational United Church of Christ (DeWitt, Iowa)

Be a Blessing: Pray Often

I do not fear God and to not respect the people and I do not care about the cries of some little old lady. But she’s never going to stop. So I will give her justice.

Library of Congress, "Banana Water Slide banana statue, vertical, Virginia Beach, Virginia" via Flickr Commons

Bananas

That part of the story—the part that goes, “Christ is risen! He is risen, indeed!”—is bananas.

Butterfly Parament by cmarlinwarfield

The Tension in the Air

You know that Easter is coming the same way that you know that a storm is coming: by the tension in the air.

Missouri State Archives, "MO Baseball - Cardinals Fredbird" via Flickr Commons

Impossible

One of the hard truths is that we need the hard truths. And one of the hard truths is that, far too often, we treat Jesus as a mascot.

SMU Libraries Digital Collections, "Anderson County $1.00 (One Dollar) War Tax Scrip" via Flickr Commons

Taxes… and Death

It’s easy to make big promises when Jesus is standing right there. But Zacchaeus still needs to actually give half of his possessions to the poor and actually make restitution for his wrongs.

National Library of Medicine, "Dance of Death" via Flickr Commons

Later Will Take Care of Itself

Maybe we imagine what happens after we die so that we can tell stories about how we should want to live.

National Archives of Norway, "10 Desember (December 10)" via Flickr Commons

Why Would We Live Any Other Way?

I’d sooner gnaw my own fingers off, gouge my eyes out with a shellfish fork, and run naked down Seventh Avenue than ever betray that trust again.

Lenten Parament by cmarlinwarfield

But the truth… the deep down truth… the hard, difficult, arduous, burdensome, onerous, painful, troublesome, truth… is that we need Lent. Not just during the official season, but so much more often. We need it as individuals. We need it as a church. We need it as a society and a nation and a world.

Rev. Christopher Marlin-Warfield

Tag: Luke (Gospel)

Vacancy

Be a Blessing: Be Kind

Be a Blessing: Pray Often

Bananas

The Tension in the Air

Impossible

Taxes… and Death

Later Will Take Care of Itself

Why Would We Live Any Other Way?

Lent

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