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 […]

May 25, 2014 Easter 6A John 14:15-21

The season of Easter is almost over and perhaps you find yourself asking, “Now what do I do?” We have been to the garden and we have looked deeply and intently into the now vacant tomb, we have heard mysterious stories about Jesus appearing and disappearing, […]

May 14, 2017 Easter 5A John 14:1-14

Seventeenth Century Philosopher François de la Rochefoucauld penned the familiar maxim that we all know to be true, “The only thing that is constant in life – is change.” Whether we like it or not, for better and for worse, things change. Sometimes it’s little things, and […]

May 7, 2017 Easter 4A John 10:1-10

In this week’s Gospel Jesus reveals his mission, his purpose, the reason why he came into the world, “I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly.” (John 10:10b) This is truly good news in a world of scarcity, a world of survival, a world […]