July 19, 2017 + Pentecost 7A

(Jesus) put before them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven may be compared to someone who sowed good seed in his field;  but while everybody was asleep, an enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat, and then went away.  So when the plants came up and bore grain, then […]

July 12, 2020 + Matthew 13:1-9

“That same day Jesus went out of the house and sat beside the lake. Such great crowds gathered around him that he got into a boat and sat there, while the whole crowd stood on the beach. And he told them many things in parables, saying: ‘Listen! A […]

July 1, 2020

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 about […]

June 24, 2020

James 1:26-27 “If any think they are religious, and do not bridle their tongues but deceive their hearts, their religion is worthless.  Religion that is pure and undefiled before God, the Father, is this: to care for orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself unstained by the world.”

Too […]

June 17, 2020

1 Kings 3:3-9“Solomon loved the Lord, walking in the statutes of his father David; only, he sacrificed and offered incense at the high places.  The king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there, for that was the principal high place; Solomon used to offer a thousand burnt offerings on that altar.  At Gibeon the Lord appeared to […]

June 10, 2020

“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 life will lose it, […]

June 3, 2020 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, and over every creeping […]

May 27, 2020 John 20:19-23

“When it was evening on that day, the first day of the week, and the doors of the house where the disciples had met were locked for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you.” After he said this, he showed them […]

May 20, 2020

Tomorrow the church will celebrate Ascension Day, the day that the resurrected Jesus ascends into the heavens to sit at the right hand of God.  Luke describes the event, “Then (Jesus) led them out as far as Bethany, and, lifting up his hands, he blessed them. While he was blessing them, he […]

May 13, 2020

In the Sermon on the Mount Jesus reminds us that people of faith are different, that we will “stand out” in a desperate world.  “You are the salt of the earth; … “You are the light of the world. A city built on a hill cannot be hid.  (Matthew 5:13-14)

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