Bruce Epperly
CategoryFrom Self-Centeredness to World Loyalty
By Bruce G. Epperly
Date Delivered: March 8, 2009Lent 2, Year B
Mark 8:31-38
“The Son of Man must undergo great suffering, and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests, and the scribes and Pharisees, and be killed, and after three days rise again.” In just one paragraph, we have H..
Everyone Who Calls on the Name of God Shall be Saved
By Bruce G. Epperly
Lent 1, Year C
Deuteronomy 26:1-11
Romans 10:8-13
Luke 4:1-13
Lent is a time for reflection and discernment—holistic in nature, Lent embraces body, mind, spirit, and relationships. We are called to transformation in every aspect of our lives, so that we m..
An Empty Tomb and an Open Future
Contributed by Bruce G. Epperly
Easter 2009 (Year B)
I Corinthians 15:1-11
Mark 16;1-8
In one way or another, eventually all of us ask the question articulated by the weary and hopeless pilgrims that first Easter morning, “Who will roll the stone away for us from the entrance..
A Trick Question or Invitation to Immortality
By Bruce G. Epperly
Date Delivered: November 11, 200728th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Luke 20:27-38
It seemed like a trick question at the time. The Sadducees, a Jewish religious group, skeptical of survival after death, ask Jesus to ponder the nature of marital relationship..
ADVENTUROUS SPIRITUALITY IN REAL LIFE
By Bruce G. Epperly
One of my spiritual teachers Gerald May saw the heart of spirituality as involving the following practices: pausing, noticing, opening, yielding and stretching, and responding. Such practices are not intended to be esoteric or monastic, but can be embodied in our daily live..
WHY NOT YOU? REFLECTIONS ON VOCATION AND POSSIBILITY
By Bruce G. Epperly
The Super Bowl is seldom seen as a goldmine for theological reflection. But, one phrase leaped out at me in the coverage of this year’s game. Harry Wilson, father of game winning quarterback, Russell Wilson, told his son, “Russ, why not you?” as a reminder that he could do g..