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...
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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...
Faith in the Waiting: August 6, 2022
Year C, Pentecost 9 Genesis 15: 1-6 & Hebrews 11:1-3, 8-16 Before we entered the adoption process, I spent six years going through fertility treatments. When you are trying to get pregnant,...
When Prayer is Hard: July 24, 2022
Year C, Pentecost 7 Luke 11: 1-13 and Genesis 18:20-32 Every Sunday, we have two collects at the beginning of our service. The word collect is the Episcopal (fancy) was to say, “Opening...
Stop Freaking Out: July 17, 2022
Year C, Pentecost 6 Luke 10:38-42 Ever since the story of Martha and Mary was first read, it has been interpreted and misinterpreted in about 100 different ways. Often...