God of all times and all places, as we gather this day to worship, give praise and say thank you, we are..
Jeremiah 29:1, 4-7; 2 Timothy 2:8-15; Luke 17:11-19 Ordinary 28C Proper 23 We are to live in hope, looking toward the future..
Lamentations 1:1-6; Psalm 137; Luke 17:5-10 Ordinary 27C Proper 22 There are times in our lives when lament is the only response..
Jeremiah 32:1-3a, 6-15; 1 Timothy 6:6-19; Luke 16:19-31 Ordinary 26C Proper 21 The subject line read: “The sweet smell of self love.”..
Luke 16:1-13 Ordinary 24C; Proper 20 Money, money, money. Why is Luke always going on about money and possessions? Can’t we move..
Luke 15:1-10 Ordinary 24C; Proper 19 “The world never looks as big as when someone is lost.” This is the last sentence..
Jeremiah 18:1-11; Psalm 139:1-6, 13-18; Luke 14:25-33 Ordinary 23C; Proper 18 The lectionary brings us sobering texts this week. The prophet declares..
Hebrews 13:1-8, 15-16; Luke 14:1, 7-14 Ordinary 22C; Proper 17 There is a whole lot of watching going on at the Pharisee’s..
Luke 13:10-17 Ordinary 21C; Proper 16 No one wants to be chomping at the bit. No one wants to be caught between..
Hebrews 11:29-12:2; Luke 12:49-56 Ordinary 20C; Proper 15 Well, perhaps Jesus is right around the corner because, according to this Luke text,..
Luke 12:32-40 Ordinary 19C; Proper 14 To fear or not to fear. That seems to be the question. Political speeches on all..
Luke 12:13-21 Ordinary 18C; Proper 13 I like big barns and I cannot lie. It is difficult, I would suggest, to live..
Hosea 1:2-10; Luke 11:1-13 Ordinary 17C; Proper 12 There are times when the “not appropriate for children” parts of the Bible come..
Colossians 1:15-28; Luke 10:38-42 Proper 11; Ordinary 16C Be like Mary, not Martha, so goes the often repeated, simplistic lesson from this..
Luke 10:25-37 Proper 10; Ordinary 15C The walking dead. That’s who the priest and the Levite are in this text. The man..
Carolyn Winfrey Gillette has written a new hymn for churches in response to the Orlando shootings. She hopes the hymn will be..
The scenes look hauntingly similar: devastated faces of survivors as they huddle together, clamoring for caring contact, their hands over their mouths,..
1 Kings 21:1-21a; Luke 7:36-8:3 Proper 6; Ordinary 11C The prayer book I use most mornings has the following sentence as part..
1 Kings 17:8-16 (17-24); Galatians 1:11-24; Luke 7:11-17 “Why is it thought incredible by any of you that God raises the dead?”..
1 Kings 18:20-21 (22-29) 30-39; Galatians 1:1-12; Luke 7:1-10 “How long will you go limping along with two different opinions?” How could..
Romans 5:1-5; John 16:12-15 Trinity Sunday is back and I know you have been counting the Sundays until it came around again..
Genesis 11:1-9; Acts 2:1-21 What’s wrong with the whole earth having one language and the same words? Why did God go and..
Acts 16:16-34; John 17:20-26 The Gospel text for Easter 7 is one of those roundabout John texts. It loops around, repeats, uses..
Acts 16:9-15; Revelation 21:10; 21:22-22:5 Open gates, always open, no metal detectors, no standing spread eagle for the obligatory TSA X-ray, no..
Easter 5C Acts 11:1-18; Revelation 21:1-6; John 13:31-35 My relationship to adoption is complicated. My brother is adopted. Several years ago he..
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