In this week’s Gospel (Luke 14: 1,7-14) Jesus is invited to a dinner party, and not just any dinner party but a seemingly fancy dinner...

A Professor of mine from Seminary, Dr. Vitor Westhelle, said in a class lecture once, and I’m paraphrasing here, that the Holy Spirit...

“Vanity of vanities, says the Teacher, vanity of vanities! All is vanity”, writes the author of Ecclesiastes the Old Testament reading...

This week's gospel text includes the Lord's prayer, and during my sermon prep I found myself wondering what Luther had to say about it....

Today’s text is Luke 10:38-40 the story of Jesus visiting Martha and Mary. While there is a lot to learn from both women today I am going...

: Infinite Life                   The assigned Gospel text for this week is one is one of the more popular parables from Jesus’ ministry....

The alternative Hebrew Bible assigned for this Sunday is 2 Kings 5:1-14. It tells the story of a great military leader of a country...

The last line verse of the assigned Psalm for this upcoming Sunday reads “You show me the path of life. In your presence there is...

In 2013 Josh Katz and Wilson Andrews, writers for the New York Times, published a quiz titled “How Y’all, Youse and You Guys Talk.” The...

This Sunday is one of the Churches “optional” feast days. We can either celebrate the seventh Sunday after Easter and its assigned...

From the time I graduated High School in 2012 until my spouse and I bought our house in 2021 I never lived in one spot longer than a...

Have you ever seen a blobfish? They are a deep-sea fish that live mainly off the coasts of Australia and New Zealand. The first thing you...

The epistle reading for this Sunday tells the brief story of Tabitha (also known as Dorcas). She is described as a disciple “devoted to...

A quote often attributed to St. Francis says to “Preach the Gospel at all times and if necessary, use words.” I find Holy Week to be a...

This upcoming Sunday is Palm Sunday. It is the official beginning of Holy Week and our final move towards Easter. The text itself is the...

In this week’s Hebrew Bible reading from Isaiah the prophet tells us that God is going to “do a new thing” and “will make a way in the...

This week’s text is one of the more well-known parables in the Gospels. The Parable of the Prodigal Son. It’s the one where the son gets...

Spring is “officially” here. At least that what our Calendar and the position of the sun in relation to Earth tells us even if it seems...

My dog does this funny thing almost every time one of us gets home from work. She’ll jump up off the couch or come rumbling down the...

This week we begin the season of Lent, and our remembrance of the 40 days Jesus spent in the wilderness fasting and being tested by the...