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
Fourth Sunday in Easter, Year C May 11, 2025 Acts 9:36-43 Not only is it Mother’s Day, but it is also Good Shepherd Sunday! Our reading from the Book of Acts remembers a woman, Tabitha, called Dorcas by the Greek speakers in her region. Tabitha is representative of first-century women who were exemplary disciples of … Continue reading Remembering Tabitha, Methetria
Third Sunday in Easter, Year C May 4, 2025 John 21: 1-19 My friends, I cannot begin this sermon without first acknowledging on this third Sunday in Easter, May the 4th be with you! In the 50 days between Jesus’ resurrection from the dead and his ascension back to what we call the heavenly realm, … Continue reading Come on in, Breakfast is Waiting
Lent III, Year C March 23, 2025 Here we are on the third Sunday in Lent. I don’t know about you, but this year feels a bit more Lenty to me. In a world where there is so much confusion, anger, and fear, when the powerful harming the powerless seems to be more visible, Jesus … Continue reading Tragedy, Good People, and a Fig Tree
Lent II, Year C, March 11, 2025 Luke 13:31-35 Throughout Lent we find ourselves on a journey with Jesus where we will follow him all the way to Jerusalem. In a few weeks we will relive what happened to Jesus in that city. Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones those who … Continue reading Foxes and Hens
7th Sunday after Epiphany, Year C Feb. 23, 2025 Luke 6:27-38 Today’s Gospel message is a continuation of the Sermon on the Plain from Luke that you heard last Sunday–the one with the blesseds and the woes. This sermon, very similar to the Sermon on the Mount that Matthew recorded, encapsulates the most important principles … Continue reading I Say to You Who Listen
5th Sunday After Epiphany/Year C Isaiah 6:1-8, [9-13]1 Corinthians 15:1-11Luke 5:1-11 Fish are a prominent feature in the Gospel stories about Jesus and his disciples. And I just kept thinking about all the fish stories people make up when bragging about their catch, and all the jokes grandpas and kids tell each other like, What … Continue reading Fisherfolk and a Start-up Ministry That Changed the World
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