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Keep Trying: Oct. 20, 2024

 Year B, Pentecost 22                          October 20, 2024                                                                                                  I have a confession.  I am slightly obsessed with a reality show called Love is Blind. The premise is that...

Divorce and Healing:  October 6 2024

Divorce and Healing: October 6 2024

     Mark 10:2-16                                                  October 6, 2024                   In the other churches where I served, we always had the animal blessing as part of our Sunday morning service that was closest to St Francis day.   On that day, we...

The little ones: Sept 28, 2024

The little ones: Sept 28, 2024

 Year B, Pentecost 19                                                 Mark 9:38-50                                                                                              There is nothing like a recommendation to cut a limb off to really start your morning...

It’s not about being right: Sept 22

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

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...