by Rev. Karen Kinney | Apr 20, 2025
Most Good Fridays over the past years, I have watched part of Franco Zeffirelli’s 1977 Jesus of Nazareth series, focused on the scenes from the Last Supper to the Crucifixion. Those scenes fill me with grief – how could the political and religious leaders of his day...
by Rev. Karen Kinney | Apr 19, 2025
A MESSAGE FROM REV. KAREN KINNEY: EXPLORING THE QUESTIONS Grace and peace to you, On this Good Friday, we mourn with Jesus’ disciples, friends and family his death. We put ourselves in the horrible scenes of crucifixion. But we, in our day and age, have the benefit of...
by Rev. Karen Kinney | Apr 11, 2025
A MESSAGE FROM REV. KAREN KINNEY: PUT YOURSELF IN THE SCENES Grace and peace to you, I want to extend an invitation to you to accompany Jesus in this last week of his life. This Sunday, April 13, is Palm Sunday, which marks the beginning of Holy Week, a time when we...
by Rev. Karen Kinney | Apr 6, 2025
Zacchaeus was a wee little man And a wee little man was heHe climbed up in a sycamore tree For the Lord he wanted to seeAnd when the Savior passed that way He looked up in the treeAnd said, ‘Zacchaeus, you come down! For I’m going to your house today!For...
by Rev. Karen Kinney | Mar 30, 2025
I want to set some context this morning. In the preceding chapter, Jesus has been healing on the Sabbath and telling a parable about a banquet at which the expected type of guests refuse to come, so the banquet thrower tells his servants to find the poor, the lame,...
