Xmas 1 C 12-30-18

Luke 2″ 45-52

How far will you travel before you realize you left Jesus behind?

Adv 4 12-23-18

Luke 1: 39-55

God’s work gets done when ordinary people say Yes.

Adv 3C 12-16-18

Luke 3: 7_18

Economic issues ARE spiritual issues.

12-9-18 Adv 2c

Luke 3: 1-6

You can’t think ,” I’m not all that bad, God won’t mind.”

Christ the King  11-25-18

John 18: 33-37

Pilate has a distinction he shares with only one other human, and that is the Virgin Mary.  They are both mentioned by name in the Creed.–Jaroslav Pelikan

Pent 26B 11-18-18

Mark 13: 1-8

We live in a world of uncertainty.  The antidote for uncertainty is not certainty, but Courage.

Pent 25b  11-11-18

Mark 12: 38-44

The widow’s poverty is spiritual abundance.  The scribes’ abundance is spiritual poverty.

Pent 24b  All Saints Sunday   11-4-18

John 11: 32-44

Our lives as believers are entirely dependent on the belief that God Can be trusted.  We stake our lives on it by faith, and it is our boldest and most challenging claim

Reformation Day  Pent 23b

John 8:31-36

Sin is to live to claim freedom from God’s control.

Pent 22B 10-21-18

Mark 10:35-45

When Jesus implored the disciples to be like children, this is not what he had in mind.