What Language Can I Borrow?

Text: Philippians 2:5-11, especially verse 8: “And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross.” Palm Sunday/Sunday of the Passion, Series A Scripture has been analyzed more than any other book. One of the things that experts have suggested about this text…

Living the Baptismal Life

In my faith tradition early January is when we talk about Jesus’ baptism by John the Baptist in the Jordan River (See Matthew 3:13-17) and our own baptisms. In Romans chapter six Paul writes: “We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead…