John 6:25-35 Bread is a staple of civilization.  Every culture has it in some form: some type of grain that’s the basis of every...

Empowered by the Holy Spirit and Christ’s promise of love and grace and freedom—let us follow our call to be prophetic disciples. 

Mark 6:1-13 There’s 1997 movie called Gattaca that’s set in the not so distant future of our world where people have started using...

Mark 5:21-43 I recently read the story of a therapy dog named Elsa. Elsa and her owner Sharon would visit hospitals and nursing homes to...

Mark 4:35-41 When I was growing up a thunderstorm was always an adventure. I have fond childhood memories of sitting with my dad and my...

Mark 4:26-34 and Ezekiel 17:22-24 Grace and Peace to you on this wonderful day from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. Growing up in...

Mark 2:23-3:6 There’s a story about an aging woodsman and his young apprentice who have an all-day wood chopping contest. The apprentice...

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...