Year C, All Saints Luke 6:20-31 It’s complicated. All Saint’s Sunday is complicated. This is partly because the understanding of this day has...
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Discerning with St. Francis: October 9, 2022
Matthew 11:25-30 Year C, Feast of St. Francis In the Roman Catholic Church, St Francis is the patron saint of animals and ecology. He was known for his love of animals...
Uncomfortable Words: Sept 25, 2022
Year C, Pentecost 16 Luke 16:19-31 It’s that time of the church year when many of the Gospel readings are confusing, depressing or distressing. Last week’s was confusing. This...
Is God Always Good?: September 11, 2022
Year C, Pentecost 14 Exodus 32:7-14 & Luke 15:1-10 We are going to try something right now that we don’t usually do in the Episcopal Church. It’s called “call...
Cheap Grace: September 4, 2022
Luke 14:25-33 Pentecost 13, Year C Dietrich Bonhoeffer had a very promising career in academia and the church. He received his doctorate at age 21 and began teaching at the University of Berlin at 25. He was also an ordained Lutheran Pastor. Two...
A Story of a Woman: August 21, 2022
Year C, Pentecost 11 Luke 13:10-17 & Isaiah 58:9-14 (This is told from the perspective of the woman in the Gospel of Luke.) My back was worse than usual today. It’s always bad. I cannot remember a time...