Larry Doyle

Larry Doyle

190616 – Revealed In Time

Pentecost 1 ~ Romans 5:1-5, John 16:12-15 The passage from Romans that we started with today makes a huge assumption. Romans 5:1 Therefore, since we are justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. Since…

190609 – Babble On

Yr C ~ Pentecost ~ Genesis 11:1-9, and Acts 2:1-8, 11-18 We’re starting today with the famous story of the tower built in the land of Shinar – except we don’t call it that. We all know it as the…

190536 – Revelation-Light

Yr C ~ Easter 6 ~ Revelation 21:10, and 21:22 to 22:5 (part 4 of a 4-part series – please read the whole series!) We’ve been delving into the last book of the bible, a book called Revelation, for the…

190519 – Revelation-Home

Yr C ~ Easter 5 ~ Revelation 21:1-6 (part 3 of a 4-part series – please read the whole series!) The Book of Revelation is so convoluted and complicated with layer upon layer of imagery, and double meanings, and numerology,…

190512 – Revelation-Relief

Yr C ~ Easter 4 ~ Revelation 7:9-17 It’s weird, but I think it’s wonderful! I really like this Book of Revelation, even as I struggle with wading through the language and the imagery. It’s really worth the effort because…

190505 – Revelation-Lamb

Yr C ~ Easter 3 ~ Revelation 5:11-14 Today’s passage in Revelation 5 is a beautiful celebration of praise and adoration for the risen Christ, and for God. Unfortunately, many of us in modern, Mainline Protestant churches can’t hear that…

190419 – Good Friday Reflection

Maybe        Maybe they were actually starting to get it, to understand? Maybe that was the reason? Maybe it was that who Jesus was, and what he taught, and what the kingdom he embodied and revealed meant, maybe all that was…

190418 – Maundy Thursday Reflection

Do As I Have Done Every year I remind you on Maundy Thursday that the word Maundy comes from the Latin word mandatum – which means mandate, or more precisely commandment. Commandments are not optional. This isn’t ‘suggestion Thursday’, or…

190414 – Passive Ingressive

Yr C ~ Palm Sunday ~ Luke 19:28-40 Try to picture the scene. Jesus is with his disciples on the outskirts of Jerusalem, and they and thousands of other faithful Jewish folks are making a pilgrimage to the holy city…