Year B, Epiphany 3 Jonah 3:1-5,10 We all know the story of Jonah and the whale. It’s in every children’s Bible. There are songs, movies, shows. But they usually focus on the whale part, maybe a...
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The Word of God was Rare: January 14, 2024
1 Samuel 3:1-20 Year B, Epiphany 2 I am sure we all remember 2020 as an incredibly difficult year. The country shut down in March due to the COVID...
God’s Masterpieces: January 7, 2023
Year B, Epiphany 1 Mark 1:4-11 About ten years ago, I became enthralled with Vincent van Gogh. It started with a general appreciation of...
Words are not Weapons: Dec. 31, 20023
Year B, Christmas 1 John 1:1-18 In the first church I served, Christmas Eve featured the traditional gospel reading from Luke 2 which includes the story of Jesus’ birth with Mary, Joseph, the shepherds and the...
What Mary Knew: Christmas Eve
Year B, Christmas Eve Luke 2:1-20 I am going to share a little clergy secret…which you would only know if you followed dozens and...
Unconfinable God: December 24, 2023
Year B, Advent 4 2 Samuel, 7:1-11, 17 & Luke 1:26-38, 46-55 Being a prophet has got to be a horrible job. In our Old Testament reading, we hear from the prophet Nathan for the first time. It’s already clear that he has a...