Lord God, why do we insist on putting boundaries on your limitless love? You create us and call us good, made in..
Matthew 9:35-10:23 Ordinary 11A Proper 7 I have never before noticed how a few of these verses from this long lectionary passage..
Another day, Lord God, just another day. Today faith leaders met to plan to a response to the upcoming KKK rally in..
2 Corinthians 13:11-13; Matthew 28:16-20 For many years I considered Trinity Sunday a blip on the church calendar radar. I made a..
Gracious God, as I look out my window I see the beauty of your beloved creation exploding in colorful blooms, raining down..
Acts 2:1-21 Language is more than words. Last week on Morning Edition there was a segment on the challenges of translating President..
Lord God, until there is war no more and you wipe every tear from every eye, we will remember. We will remember..
Almighty God, keep us from despair. Forbid that we become numb to violence and the suffering that comes in its vicious wake...
John 17:1-11 Easter 7A Jesus prays for his disciples – then, now and always. If we let that truth come to consciousness..
Lord, teach us how to pray on days like today when senseless violence has once again destroyed innocent people and shattered the..
Acts 17:22-31; John 14:15-21 Easter 6A “If you love me you will keep my commandments.” In this brief passage from John, Jesus..
John 14:1-14 Easter 5 What was Jesus’ tone in these 14 verses of John’s Gospel? That’s one of the challenges of a..
Psalm 23; John 10:1-10 Easter 4A The gatekeeper, the Good Shepherd leads the sheep out. He calls them by name, they recognize..
Luke 24:13-35 Easter 3A And now, a word from Luke. We will be back to John next week and then return to..
John 20:19-31 Easter 2A I decided to do some digging on Jesus’ greeting, “Peace be with you.” He repeats it three times..
How many times have we denied being disciples of Jesus Christ? Let us pray.
Matthew 28:1-10 Year A Let’s pause for a moment – before we get to earthquakes and the angel and, yes, even the..
“Let me take your place,” Jesus says, behind the broom, in front of the hot stove, beside the assembly line, underneath the crushing weight of sin.
Isaiah 50:4-9a; Philippians 2:5-11; Matthew 26:14-27 Palm/Passion Sunday – Year A The first decision to make about this Sunday is: Palm or..
Given that lately the “recent calls” list on my phone consists of, in this order, three calls from telemarketers, a wrong number..
Ezekiel 37:1-14; John 11:1-45 Lent 5A Hopeless. Bereft. Defeated. Heartbroken. When I read both Ezekiel and John this week, a feeling of..
1 Samuel 16:1-13; Ephesians 5:8-14; John 9:1-41 Lent 4A What do you see? Whom do you notice or dismiss? Are you wide-awake..
“Give me something to drink,” Jesus says to the Samaritan woman at the well. The writer of John’s Gospel has noted..
Genesis 12:1-4a; Romans 4:1-5, 13-17; John 3:1-17 Lent 2A Nicodemus is still in the dark, unable to see the kingdom of God..
Genesis 2:15-17; Romans 5:12-19; Matthew 4:1-11 Lent 1A Limits or limitlessness, these are the options before us this first Sunday of Lent...
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