The sermon will be a post on our Facebook page. Please click on link to view sermon. The Cosmic Love of God The prologue of John’s gospel begins with the story of creation, connecting the Word that became flesh in Jesus with the bringing forth of life and all things. Then, as the gospel continues, the…
The sermon will be a post on our Facebook page. Please click on link to view sermon. We Embody the Presence of Christ It is possible that the biggest barrier to accepting this as our lifelong vocation is not a lack of faith but a lack of imagination. On this final Sunday of the liturgical year,…
The sermon will be a post on our Facebook page. Please click on link to view sermon. God’s Eyes Are Not Our Eyes One heresy in the early church was called Donatism. The Donatists held that the sacraments were only efficacious if presided over by priests who were sinless. It didn’t take the church long to…
Wholly Saints Who are the saints, and what do they have to say to us? Rather than being perfect Christians, the saints are people who have been made whole by the grace of God, through baptism into Christ. The communion of saints is a diverse array of witnesses who remind us of God’s continuing faithfulness,…
The sermon will be a post on our Facebook page. Please click on link to view sermon. A Light in Our Darkness The longest night of the year has passed, but while the light is increasing, it remains so incremental it appears as though the darkness outside is triumphing. By the third day of January, the…
Who Can Accept It? The sermon will be a post on our Facebook page. Please click on link to view sermon. “This teaching is difficult; who can accept it?” (John 6:60). Jesus’ teaching about eating his flesh and drinking his blood isn’t something we can figure out and accept on our own. In his explanation of the…
You’re Invited The sermon will be a post on our Facebook page. Please click on link to view sermon. Today Jesus invites us to a meal. It is an extraordinary invitation to do an ordinary thing: form bonds of love and community through shared food and drink. Like Wisdom inviting us to the feast of insight…
The Greatest Bread The sermon will be a post on our Facebook page. Please click on link to view sermon. Jesus uses the image of bread to demonstrate that, even compared to all the great things God has done before, God’s greatest miracle is in the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus. Jesus, the bread of…
From Rumbling Tummies to Living Bread The sermon will be a post on our Facebook page. Please click on link to view sermon. Today’s texts move us from rumbling tummies and flaring tempers to a refocusing on the blessings poured out and the primary benefactor. We see the gifts of God, which come in a variety…
Rollin’ in the Dough—and Fishes In recent years many books have been printed that focus on baking vast assortments of breads—from rye to pumpernickel, French to Italian. Today, however, we encounter a bread that points to both a deeper longing, physically and spiritually, and an even more fulfilling outcome than the tastiest assortment of baked…