13th Sunday after Pentecost Proper 18, Year C Sept. 7, 2025 Well, my first thought upon reading today’s Gospel was that Jesus really could have used a PR manager. If he was hoping to recruit disciples and rally the crowd to his cause, turning to a large gathering of people whose culture was rooted in … Continue reading Discipleship–Risky Business
8th Sunday after Pentecost, Proper 13August 3, 2025Luke 12:13-21 I have said many, many times, there is a song for everything. If you’ve been around me long enough, you’ve probably already discovered that I will burst into song in the middle of a conversation about any given topic. Today’s Gospel reading has had me singing … Continue reading Bigger Barns and Mountains of Things
7th Sunday After Pentecost, Proper 12 July 27, 2025 Luke 11:1-13 How many of you like Dr. Pepper? I mean, we’re Texans. It’s a requirement to like Dr. Pepper and HEB, isn’t it? So suppose you really want a Dr. Pepper. You’ve been out in the Texas heat and you want, you may be tempted … Continue reading What Is Prayer?
6th Sunday After Pentecost, Proper 11 Jul 20, 2025 Colossians 1:15-28Luke 10:38-42 This may date me, I can’t help but read today’s Gospel without hearing Martha, Martha, Martha. And, how do we solve a problem like Maria? I just want to say, as an oldest daughter, I get Martha. And to be fair, Jesus was … Continue reading The Good Part
5th Sunday after Pentecost Jul 13, 2025 Luke 10: 25-37 We all love a good story, don’t we? And today’s Gospel contains a story most of us have heard many times. So popular that even non-Christians have heard of it. Google Good Samaritan and you might find a reference to the Bible verse, but also … Continue reading Go and Do Likewise
4th Sunday after Pentecost Jul 6, 2025 Luke 10:1-11, 16-20 When I worked for Compassion International, God turned my understanding of mission and hospitality upside down. Shook the “white savior” notions out of me in profound ways. Everywhere I went, in the world and in the US, many of the poor had a dependence on … Continue reading Instruments of Peace
And may God bless you
with enough foolishness
to believe that you can
make a difference in the world, Continue reading Virtues and Vices
Trinity Sunday, Year C June 15, 2025 Today is known and celebrated in many Christian denominations as Trinity Sunday. Happy three-in-one and one-in-three Day! Now, in our household of a biblical writer, a liturgist, and a priest, how to define the Trinity is a common discussion at the dinner table–only to be resolved with, “I … Continue reading Sacred Three
An artist’s depiction of a scene from the Pentecost appears in the Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis. Pentecost Year CJun 8, 2025Acts 2:1-21 In case you were wondering what all the red is about, today is Pentecost, known in the Christian tradition as the beginning of the church. So it only makes sense for me … Continue reading Pentecost
Seventh Sunday of Easter, Year C Jun 1, 2025, Acts 16:16-34 On our last Sunday before the Pentecost, we have a very interesting account of Paul, Silas, Luke and others who were busy spreading the Good News in towns and villages and what happens when the Gospel of Jesus Christ messes with the powers that … Continue reading Liberation
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