“Sir, we wish to see Jesus”, the Greeks say to Philip in this morning’s reading from the twelfth chapter of John’s Gospel. I’ve heard, and you may have too, that those words can be found etched in wood, or engraved on a brass plate, or just printed on a piece of paper – in this or that church pulpit.
So this past week I googled it: “Sir, we wish to see Jesus - pulpit” and bingo - 7 million hits. And I can now confirm that you will find a “Sir we wish to see Jesus” sign of some kind at the Cathedral Church of St. James in Toronto, St. John the Divine Episcopal in Houston, Westport Presbyterian Church in Kansas City, the parish church in Donegal, Ireland, and the Church of the Open Door in downtown Los Angeles. Just to name a few...(read more)
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