Year B, Pentecost 19 Mark 9:38-50 There is nothing like a recommendation to cut a limb off to really start your morning...
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It’s not about being right: Sept 22
Year B, Pentecost 22 James 3:13-4:3; 7-8a I often hear people bemoan the current political discourse and long for those days of...
The Church belongs to no nation: Sept 15
Year B, Pentecost 17 Mark 8:27-38 Who do people say that I am? Compared to most questions that Jesus asks his...
Why did Jesus say that?: Sept 8, 2024
Year B, Pentecost 16 Mark 7:24-37 As most of you know, the readings we have on Sundays rotate on a three year cycle. Every three years at about this time, we get this Gospel...
The Pharisee in us: Sept 1 2024
Year B, Pentecost 15 Mark 7: 1-8, 14-15, 21-23 Over the last month and a half, we have been reading...
Preaching with a broken heart: August 25
Year B, Pentecost 14 Psalm 34:15-22 & John 6:56-69 I can’t remember where I read it, some important preaching professor no doubt--- said that preachers must preach from our scars and...