The Perfect Revelation

December 24, 2022
On Christmas Eve, our people believe that they already know and understand the significance of this day.  In a way, they do.  And yet we will want to let the…

The Birth of a Baby

December 18, 2022
Matthew 1:18-25 presents the nativity, not as a return to some beloved, reassuring, comfortable time and place that’s a treasured childhood memory. Rather, here we have the birth of Jesus…

The Hope of the World

November 27, 2022
As we enter Advent, we come across these strange scriptures…they are apocalyptic scriptures, which merely mean they are telling us about or warning us about what will happen in the…

Navigating a New World

November 6, 2022
Here we are listening in on an argument. Jesus is responding to hostile critics. This is the only time in Luke’s Gospel that Jesus has a debate with Sadducees. Perhaps…

Have Mercy on Me, a Sinner

October 23, 2022
In a little story that is this Sunday’s Gospel, Jesus tells about two people who have come to the temple. Each of them is focused (obsessed?) with sin. One of…

Persevere, My Friends

October 16, 2022
We wonder if this parable might have been intended to provide encouragement to discouraged believers in the early church. Perhaps they were praying for deliverance from some persecution. Or perhaps…

How Wide is the Gap?

September 25, 2022
There is a great gap between the rich and the poor. Jesus deftly portrays that gap in this parable, contrasting and accentuating the way the world is for the rich…