Luke 20:27-40 In the reading we just heard from Luke’s Gospel, Jesus is having a conversation with the Sadducees. There’s a lot of...

John 3:1-17 The year was 381 AD. Emperor Theodosius had just called the second ecumenical council for Christian theologians to debate...

Acts 2, Romans 8, John 15 The movie “The Karate Kid” is about a teenage boy named Daniel who has recently moved to a new school. Daniel...

Luke 24:44-53 Home Alone is a 1990 Christmas movie about a boy named Kevin McCallister who gets accidently left home alone when his...

Grace and peace to you from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. Ever since Easter Sunday, our Biblical texts have kept us in what...

John 15:1-8 Imagine with me for a minute: if you were a tree or a flower or a plant what kind would you be?  Would you be a sweet...

John 20 Grace and peace to you from our Risen Lord, Jesus Christ! Alleluia, Christ is Risen! He is risen Indeed Alleluia! Do you hear...

John 13:1-17; 31b-35 A little over a year ago, I was bumping along a winding and pitted dirt road up and down through volcanic gorges in...

John 10:11-18 A priest, a rabbi, and a pastor were old friends.  After many years of ministry they were retired now, they were growing...

Mark 16: 1-8 At the end of the movie Back to the Future the main character Marty McFly wakes up to see that a lot in his life has changed...

John 3:12-17 The words “lifted up” can have a lot of meanings.  Maybe the first thing it brings to mind is someone lifting up your...

John 2: 13-22 In the 1998 Adam Sandler comedy Waterboy Sandler’s character Bobby Boucher is a young man who seems really nice and wimpy...

In the fourth century, Anthony of Egypt left a comfortable life and sold all he had to give the money to the poor.  He then ventured into...

This Lent, let’s go with confidence and courage knowing that God’s grace already abounds for us.

This Lent, let us dedicate ourselves to humility & trust God’s guidance as we become more self-aware & dedicated to our spiritual practice.

Mark 9:2-9 In his book Consciousness Beyond Life Dutch cardiologist Dr. Pim van Lommel explores the science of near-death-experiences. ...

The question we should ask ourselves during this season of the church year is: what does this scripture reading teach us about the ministry?

Through Jesus, we find liberation from inner demons, be they symbolic, spiritual, or real. In his authority, we are healed. Amen.

Mark 1:14-20 Dietrich Bonhoeffer was a Lutheran pastor, theologian, and seminary professor in Germany in the first half of the...

Luke 2: 1-19 In the cold and muddy trenches of World War One Europe, on December 24, 1914, British soldiers heard something peculiar from...