Jesus said – I give you a new commandment – love one another as I have loved you. But this isn’t new is it? The prophets have told us...

"The Lord has anointed me to bring good news to the poor, release to the captives, sight to the blind and freedom to the oppressed! Today...

“As the people were filled with expectation….” Spending time with the opening to this morning’s gospel I couldn’t help but wonder how...

Love came down at Christmas. Love all lovely, love Divine. Love was born at Christmas Star and angels gave the sign. - Christina...

St. Paul had an experience of God – a dramatic one (Gal 1, Acts 9, 2 Cor 12) – where he was reminded that God loves him. Despite the...

I was asked this week – What industry do you work in? To which I answered – the good news of forgiveness industry – frankly – a much...

“For God’s foolishness is wiser than human wisdom, and God’s weakness is stronger than human strength” (1 Cor 1:25) In the earlier letter...

What is your favorite sandwich? Not the gospel-prompting question you were probably expecting this morning perhaps? So, what is it? Me...

It was, no doubt, laughable to Goliath and the Philistines when David, the ruddy, little shepherd kid, arrived to do battle. He tells...

Have any of you done any weeding lately? I was doing some this week. I am not a master gardener – I’m not even sure I would refer to...

Here’s to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things...

Do you know what a “transition warning” is? It’s a phrase I was taught way-back-when to let my toddler-age daughter know that something...

When the day of Pentecost had come, the disciples were all together in one place. And suddenly from heaven there came a sound like the...

View from La Verna near Assisi, Italy Jesus said to his disciples, “As the Father has loved me, so I have loved you; abide in my love." -...

Were we to have a baptism today – we would join together in making a promise - to seek and serve Christ in all persons, loving our...

Can you remember the last time you gazed at something – or someone – in wonder? When was the last time you enjoyed that suspended feeling...

Perhaps the most interesting thing about John the Baptist in the Gospel of John (different John) is that he doesn’t actually baptize...

A kindergarten teacher was observing her classroom of children while they drew pictures. Occasionally, she would walk around the room to...

Click the image to listen to the sermon. Despite the storms in our world right now, this morning’s gospel doesn’t deal with catastrophic...

In the beginning...familiar words from the opening of Genesis, scripture’s first revelation of a loving God who breathes and speaks all...