Waiting is the Hardest Part
Lent 5/A 29 March 2020 Ezekiel 37:1-14; Psalm 130; Romans 8:6-11; John 11:1-45 All of us are doing a lot of waiting these days: waiting...


Where Is God In This Mess?
Lent 4 /A 1 Samuel 16:1-13; Psalm 23; Ephesians 5:8-14; John 9:1-41 Why is this happening? What did we do to deserve this? Where is God...
Feeding Others As We Are Fed
Lent 3 / A 15 March 2020 Exodus 17:1-7; Psalm 95; Romans 5:1-11; John 4:5-42 "… the disciples (urged Jesus), 'Rabbi, eat something.'" We...
From Darkness Into Light
Lent 2/A March 8, 2020 Genesis 12:1-4a; Psalm 121; Romans 4:1-5, 13-17; John 3:1-17 One of the real challenges for any preacher, but...


Connections in the Desert Times
Lent 1/A March 1, 2020 Genesis 2:15-17, 3:1-7; Psalm 32; Romans 5:12-19; Matthew 4:1-11 The Gospel reading for this morning is an odd...


Looking for Jesus in the Ordinary
Over the course of the liturgical year, from the First Sunday in Advent at the beginning of December, through the Last Sunday of...


Life Beyond the Letter of the Law
Today's Gospel lesson from Matthew is a continuation of Jesus' Sermon on the Mount. Actually, while it can be hard to tell, we have been...


Blessings and Burdens, Joys and Sorrows
The Presentation: Joy and Sorrow If you have ever lived in - or even simply visited - a very large city – think New York or San...


Christ’s Baptism, And Our Own
Epiphany 1/A 12 January 2020 Isaiah 42:1-9; Psalm 29; Acts 10:34-43; Matthew 3:13-17 If you take a look at the front of your bulletin...


Love will always win!
Christmas 2 / A Love Defeats Evil Jeremiah 31:7-14; Psalm 84 or 84:1-8; Ephesians 1:3-6,15-19a; Matthew 2:13-15, 19-23 On this Second...