April 12, 2026 Low Sunday/Divine Mercy Sunday Who really shot JFK? Were the moon landings real or staged? Did Elvis really die in 1977, or did he fake his death in order to get some privacy? Was Paul McCartney actually replaced by a look-alike when he allegedly died in 1966? Was 9/11 staged by the U.S. government? Did Trump win the 2020 elections? Are all these questions crazy? Maybe it depends on the thickness of your tinfoil hat. Americans love a good conspiracy theory, and

April 5, 2026 Easter Sunday Imagine the shock of visiting a loved one’s grave, only to find incontrovertible evidence that the grave has been tampered with and the body is nowhere to be found. This is essentially Mary’s situation in the opening verses of the Gospel text, and it was also the experience of Sherene Johnson. Ten members of the Johnson family are buried in Brighton Cemetery in Alabama. It is a town that gets a lot of rain, and it is not unusual for the cemetery to

March 29, 2026 Palm Sunday The main body of today’s psalm text begins with, “ Open to me the gates of righteousness, that I may enter through them and give thanks to the Lord .” The mind immediately goes to the massive, ornate and intimidating gates that have been erected by cities and nations throughout world history. Think of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin. Once a symbol of division during the Cold War, it’s now a symbol of unity. Or the Ishtar Gate in ancient Babylon, resp

March 22, 2026 Fifth Sunday of Lent Passion Sunday There’s an old story about Sister Mary Margaret, who worked as a visiting nurse. It was back in the day when nuns still wore habits. One day, the good Sister was driving around visiting homebound patients when she ran out of gas, just across the street from a gas station. She walked over and asked the attendant if he had a gas can she could borrow. “Sorry, Sister,” he said. “Some guy was here yesterday with the same problem.