A Result of Negligence
Fourth Sunday in Lent, Year A, RCL John 9:1-41 Christ heals a blind man. We could almost leave the story here, thinking to ourselves what...
Faith in Our Systems
Proper 23, Year C, RCL, Track 1 Jeremiah 29:1, 4-7, Psalm 66:1-11, 2 Timothy 2:8-15, Luke 17:11-19 Ten are made clean but only one comes...
When Our Burden is Shared
1 Kings 19:1-15a; Galatians 3:23-29; Luke 8:26-39 A demoniac, a man who is possessed by a demon, lives naked among the tombs in the...
Hope In the Impossible
Sixth Sunday of Easter, Year C RCL John 5:1-9 I can envision our paralyzed man, lying in a portico, a mostly covered roof held up with...
Divorce a Sin?
Is divorce a sin? This is a very real and pertinent question for our time. Now, bear with me here, the short answer is yes. But so is...
Stumbling Blocks
P roper 21, Year B, RCL, Track 1 Psalm 124, James 5:13-20, Mark 9:38-50 Back in 2001, a small church in Colorado, no bigger than ours,...
Death is Real
Fifth Sunday in Lent, Year A Ezekiel 37:1-14, John 11:1-45 The Capuchin Crypt in Rome is one of several holy places in which the entire...
Reconciliation starts with faithful remembrance
Proper 26, Year C, Habakkuk 1:1-4; 2:1-4, Luke 19:1-10 Reconciliation is difficult. It often means we have to look beyond ourselves at...
Freedom and Rest
Proper 16, Luke 13:10-17; Under Jewish law you are not supposed to do certain kinds of work on the Sabbath. There are actually 39...