September 15, 2019 Luke 15:1-10

In this week’s Gospel Jesus speaks about two different ways of being lost.  We can become lost like sheep.  “Which one of you, having a hundred sheep and losing one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness and go after the one that is lost until […]

September 8, 2019 “God’s Work, Our Hands”

John 13:34-35 “I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another.  By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”

This Sunday many congregations in […]

September 1, 2019 The Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost “The Table”

Luke 14:12-14  (Jesus) said also to the one who had invited him, “When you give a luncheon or a dinner, do not invite your friends or your brothers or your relatives or rich neighbors, in case they may invite you in return, and you […]

August 25, 2019 The Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost “Bless the Lord, My Soul”

Bless the Lord, O my soul, and all that is within me, bless his holy name.  Bless the Lord, O my soul, and do not forget all his benefits.”(Psalm 103:1-2)

An old Jewish story …. A student once asked his […]

August 11, 2019 The Ninth Sunday after Pentecost Genesis 15:1-6; Luke 12:32-34

“The Magical Moment”

(God) brought (Abraham) outside and said, “Look toward heaven and count the stars, if you are able to count them.” Then he said to him, “So shall your descendants be.” And he believed the Lord; and the Lord reckoned it to him as […]

August 4, 2019 The Eighth Sunday after Pentecost Luke 12:13-21

“To Step Away”

“And (Jesus) said to them, “Take care! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of possessions.” (Luke 12:15)

What makes for “the good life?”  Is it in the acquisition and […]