I had a family dog who died recently. He was a little shih tzu-pug mix named PJ. He attended some of our outdoor services here at St....

In my hometown Bethlehem, Connecticut there’s a monastery called the Abbey of Regina Laudis. Benedictine nuns founded it in 1947...

In the Gospel lesson today Jesus is at a dinner party and then tells a parable about a dinner party. Dinner party etiquette was a big...

There’s a story about an aging woodsman and his young apprentice having an all-day wood chopping contest. The apprentice was a strong...

One morning last spring I was walking out of the parsonage. I closed the door, without paying much attention to my surroundings. I...

There’s nothing like reality TV shows to help us understand Jesus’ parables. The first one that comes to mind is “Storage Wars” - have...

Humanity, in general, has a broken relationship with God. I don’t need to explain to you how deeply in need of healing we are. Sin is...

Have everyone take a pinecone, rock, leaf, some object that attracts you … So good to be with you! From last Sunday’s Good Samaritan...

The Parable of the Good Samaritan is one of the most famous parables in the Bible. It’s only in Luke’s Gospel and it comes up in the...

My senior year in college at Valparaiso University, I lived in an off-campus apartment. One Saturday morning, a local pastor knocked on...

Have you ever heard the Shel Silverstein poem “I Can’t Go To School Today”? It’s a little long so I won’t read the entire thing, but it...

There’s a funny comic I saw around Christmastime of baby Jesus in the manager surrounded by animals. All the animals say something nice...

Today is Pentecost. It’s the day we celebrate when the disciples became apostles, when those who learn became those who are sent out....

Jesus prayed the night before he died for oneness. Not just for his disciples, but for all his followers who would come after. Oneness...

This Easter season we’ve been reading from the book of Revelation as our first lesson, and if you attended adult forum last week you...

There’s a funny video of a boy who helps a sheep stuck in a ditch. Maybe you’ve seen it on YouTube. The boy struggles to free the...

In his book Faith and Doubt Pastor John Ortberg tells the story of a girl named Agnes. He writes: “From the time she was a young girl,...

There’s a story about a man who lost his keys one night. It was dark out and he was out searching for them underneath a streetlight. A...

There’s a story about a brother and a sister reunified after 30 years of being separated by the Berlin Wall. The sister Sigrid married...

At the center of this Gospel passage is Mary of Bethany. She is the sister of Martha and Lazarus. You may remember her from the Mary...