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Feet Can be Gross: Maundy Thursday

Feet Can be Gross: Maundy Thursday

John 13: 1-17, 31b-35                                                             April 6, 2023             Some people are weird about feet.  I have never been one of those people.  I can’t say that I get excited about foot washing, but it also doesn’t unnerve me as...

Claim the Spirit: March 26, 2023

Claim the Spirit: March 26, 2023

Year A, Lent 5                              Ezekiel 37:1-14                                                                        Some of you may know that our lectionary rotates on a cycle.  That means that our readings repeat every three years.  So the readings we...

Keep Talking: March 12, 2023

Year A, Lent 3                                    John 4:5-42                                                                                          Three strikes.  The woman in our Gospel reading for today had three strikes against her—three good reasons for Jesus...

Lent Will Break Your Heart: February 22, 2023

Lent Will Break Your Heart: February 22, 2023

 Year A Ash Wednesday                        Joel 2:1-2, 12-17                                                                                                      The reading from the prophet Joel begins, “Blow the trumpet in Zion; sound the alarm on my holy...

Glory Is All Around:   Feb 19, 2023

Glory Is All Around: Feb 19, 2023

 Year A, Last Sunday of Epiphany                                       Matthew 17:1-9                                                                  It’s the last Sunday before Lent begins, the last Sunday for us to sing as many Alleluias as possible and sing them...

Don’t Hide Your Light: Feb. 5 2023

Don’t Hide Your Light: Feb. 5 2023

Year A, Epiphany 5                         Matthew 5:13-20                                “You are the salt of the earth….You are the light of the world.”  Notice that Jesus doesn’t say: you can be the salt and you can be light of the earth, if you are super pious,...