Called to be good
Fourth Sunday of Easter – May 11, 2025 As we move into the middle of the Easter season and, for some, the warmth of summer, we might be feeling a post-meal nap coming... Read More
Breaking the fast
Third Sunday of Easter – May 4, 2025 “Come, have breakfast.” How often have we heard those words or something similar in our lifetime? Mothers, grandmothers, dads, lovers, hosts, all inviting us to... Read More
Tell what you see
Second Sunday of Easter – April 27, 2025 Ten-year-old Laura Lentz’s father examined the letter she was writing to her favorite cousin. “All you do is write about yourself,” the future author recalled... Read More
Here and now
Fifth Sunday of Lent – April 6, 2025 Last Sunday’s backstory of the Israelites crossing the Jordan River as they had once done at the Red Sea is a good lead-in to today’s... Read More
Rock bottom
Fourth Sunday of Lent – Mar 30, 2025 Led by Joshua, successor to Moses, and following the Ark of the Covenant, the Israelites finally arrive at the banks of the Jordan. Forty years... Read More
Give attention
Third Sunday of Lent – Mar 23, 2025 Burning bushes and barren fig trees, a call to lead and a call to repent. The connection between today’s first reading and its paired Gospel... Read More
Clouded Vision
Second Sunday of Lent – Mar 16, 2025 In his commentary on this passage (workingpreacher.com), biblical scholar Justin Michael Reed highlights a bias revealed in the omitted verses from today’s Genesis pericope. The... Read More
On the precipice of new life
First Sunday of Lent – Mar 9, 2025 Some biblical scholars describe today’s passage from Deuteronomy as an early historical creed. Standing at the edge of the promised land, Moses teaches the Israelites... Read More