PRICELESS

The story starts on a Walmart parking lot after dusk. A large crowd has gathered around a camera crew all set up with big lights, a red carpet and a woman wearing a black tuxedo holding a microphone,  “Ladies and gentlemen.  Tonight is the night we have all been waiting for.  As promised, behind meContinue reading “PART 1: a flash of light”

…but it’s not entirely obvious.  Seeing it is often an accident.   Greeted at the top of the stairs on your way into church, by an outstretched hand with the Sunday Program, you are looking into the dull, rusted out eyes of a man who collects a monthly disability cheque, and follows instructions from a womanContinue reading “PART 2: that is always there”

The following exchange about value was inspired by the report found in the lectionary reading of the Acts 1:6 – 14  Two in white, “Galileans, why do you stand gazing up toward heaven?“  Galileans, “You don’t get it, do you?  Where else should we be looking?  Just moments ago we were asking Jesus if, sinceContinue reading “PART 3: on earth, as it is in heaven”

It is really hard to see priceless when you are a middle class Christian. It turns out that priceless is somewhere out there past the far end of price, where saints spend their time. We probably can’t claim anything priceless, but we know that it is more than the highest priced thing we can claim.Continue reading “PART 4: just not in the middle class”