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...
Exodus 24:12-18; 2 Peter 1:16-20; Matthew 17:1-9 Transfiguration of the Lord God’s data is, apparently, in the cloud. Is it securely stored..
Leviticus 19:1-2, 9-18; 1 Corinthians 3:10-11, 16-23; Matthew 5:38-48 Ordinary 7A Proper 2 You shall be holy. You are God’s temple. Be..
Deuteronomy 30:15-20; 1 Corinthians 3:1-9; Matthew 5:21-37 Ordinary 6A Proper 1 Earthly actions have heavenly repercussions… Or so it seems to say..
Isaiah 58: 1-9a; Matthew 5:13-20 Ordinary 5A In Matthew’s version of this sermon Jesus is on the mountaintop, talking to his disciples...
Lord God, Help us. How did we get to this place? When was it we made our personal security an idol and..
Micah 6:1-8; 1 Corinthians 1:18-31; Matthew 5:1-12 Ordinary 4A Jesus recognizes a teachable moment with his new disciples. Jesus has been gathering..
Isaiah 9:1-4; 1 Corinthians 1:10-18; Matthew 4:12-23 Ordinary 3A This is one of those Sundays when everyone in the pew will be..
John 1:29-42 Is John as surprised as everyone else that Jesus of Nazareth is the Messiah, the Son of God? It would..
Isaiah 42:1-9; Acts 10:34-43; Matthew 3:13-17 On this Baptism of the Lord Sunday, all three appointed texts present us with accounts of..
Isaiah 63:7-9; Hebrews 2:10-18; Matthew 2:13-23 Well, we can’t say we don’t have lots of teaching and preaching choices this Sunday. We..
God of all times and all places, as the calendar flips from one year to the next we are profoundly grateful that..
"We pray this Christmas to welcome the Prince of Peace, not just with 'Silent Night,' but with joy, to and for the world..." — Jill Duffield
Carolyn Winfrey Gillette, a Presbyterian pastor and author of more than 300 hymns, has written a new hymn in response to the..
Isaiah 52:7-10; John 1:1-18 This year we have the joy of Christmas falling on a Sunday. My husband grew up Episcopalian and..
Isaiah 9:2-7; Luke 2:1-20 All the world and this one couple with a baby on the way collide in Luke’s Gospel. Events..
Isaiah 7:10-16; Romans 1:1-7 ; Matthew 1:18-25 Advent 4A The ways in which we sinful human beings can misunderstand God, faith and..
Isaiah 35:1-10; James 5:7-10; Matthew 11:2-11 Advent 3A The texts for this third Sunday of Advent brought to my mind a recording..
Isaiah 11:1-10; Romans 15:4-13; Matthew 3:1-12 Advent 2A I am just contrary enough to look forward to John the Baptist’s disruptive Advent..
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