July 30, 2017 Pentecost 8A Romans 8:26-39

In this week’s appointed epistle from the book of Romans St. Paul writes confidently, “For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor rulers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be […]

July 23, 2017 Pentecost 7A Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43

Once again Jesus tell us, “The Kingdom of Heaven may be compared to …” and then he goes on to tell us a parable that surprises, even shocks us, as we realize that the Kingdom of Heaven is radically different than the governments or powers of […]

July 16, 2017 Pentecost 6A Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23

“And Jesus told them many things in parables, saying: “Listen! A sower went out to sow. And as he sowed, some seeds fell on the path, and the birds came and ate them up. Other seeds fell on rocky ground, where they did not have much […]

July 9, 2017 Pentecost 5A Romans 7:15-25; Matthew 11:16-19, 25-30

This week the lectionary takes us to the very heart of the matter, St. Paul exclaims, “I do not understand my own actions. For I do not do what I want, but I do the very thing I hate. ….”

I don’t know […]

July 2, 2017 Pentecost 4A Matthew 10: 40-42

“Whoever welcomes you welcomes me, and whoever welcomes me welcomes the one who sent me. … and whoever gives even a cup of cold water to one of these little ones in the name of a disciple—truly I tell you, none of these will lose their […]

July 25, 2017 Pentecost 3A Matthew 10:24-39

“Whoever loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; and whoever loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me; and whoever does not take up the cross and follow me is not worthy of me. Those who find their […]

June 18, 2015 Pentecost 2A Genesis 18:1-15 [21:1-7]

In this week’s alternative Old Testament lesson from Genesis we find Abraham sitting in his tent under the Oak Trees of Mamre, resting from the heat of the midday sun. We don’t know exactly why Abraham chose this spot but trees have a way of calling […]

June 11, 2017 Holy Trinity Sunday Genesis 1:1-2:4a

Then God said, “Let us make humankind in our image, according to our likeness; and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the wild animals of the earth, […]

June 4, 2017 Pentecost A John 20:19-23

In this week’s gospel text we find the disciples, locked up in a darkened room, hiding away in fear. They are “wanted men,” followers of the man named Jesus who has just been executed by the religious and political authorities. They have heard the news of […]

May 28, 2017 The Ascension of our Lord Acts 1:1-11

This week we celebrate Ascension Day, the day that Christ ascends to heaven to take his place at the right hand of God. It is the day that marks the end of the forty days of post resurrection appearances, a time described in the […]