2nd Sunday of Lent
John 3:1-17; 7:36-53; 19:38-42 This week is the First week in a series of major stories we will be hearing from the Gospel of John for the rest of this Lenten season. Each week for the next four weeks we will be hearing these long and complicated stories about how meeting Jesus changes the lives of 4 different people that he encounters during his ministry. These stories are rich and beautiful and allow us to see examples of how people’s lives can be transformed by their relationship with Jesus and how they grow and change from these encounters. This week we begin our journey with the full story of Nicodemus. How many of you have never heard the second two parts of this story before? The regular lectionary only includes the first bit from John chapter 3 and I am willing to wager that the vast majority of even life-long Christians don’t know the rest of it. And I mean granted, this first part of John chapter 3 is a great story all on its own, ...