22 Sunday after Pentecost, Proper 24 21 Oct 2018 I am writing this, 20 minutes remain before the drawing of numbers for the Mega...

Proper 23 B 21st Sunday of Pentecost, 14 Oct 2018 Michael struck Florida a few days ago and wiped out the town of Mexico Beach. The...

5 Pentecost, Proper7 24 Jun 2019 Wouldn’t it be nice if summer was the lazy easy going time that all the songs portray? “Summer time and...

3 PENTECOST, PROPER 5B 10 JUN 2018 “If it’s not about love, then it’s not about God.” On that statement hang all the law and the...

Trinity Sunday 27 May 2018 I like good food. Granted, my version of good food may well be much different than your version. I also know...

Pentecost 20 May 2018 The Valley of Dry Bones seems like a strange place to go on Pentecost, but here we are. We start at a place where...

Ascension Sunday 13 Apr 2018 I tripped on my shoelace And I fell up— Up to the roof tops, Up over the town, Up past the tree tops, ...

6B Easter 6 May 2018 We are still dwelling in a liminal time. Jesus has died and been resurrected but has not yet ascended (that happens...

Easter 5B 29 Apr 2018 The eunuch said, “Look! Water! What would keep me from being baptized?” Indeed, what would keep him from being...

4B EASTER 22 APR 2018 I could spend my time today extolling the beauty of the 23rd Psalm. I could talk about Jesus leading us as a...

Easter 3B 15 Apr 2018 Fear. Something deep inside of us that can keep us from doing stupid things when it leads to caution and prudence...

2 Lent 25 Feb 2018 I am not sure why God persists in making relationships with humankind. God has no need of anything, yet God wants to...

LENT 1B 18 FEB 2018 Back in 1993 Iowa, Missouri, and several other states in the Midwest experienced the worst flooding on record. Day...

Last Epiphany Year B Transfiguration Sunday, 11 Feb 2018 One of the great novels of the 20th century was Harper Lee's To Kill a...

I sometimes ponder what diseases are mentioned in the Bible and this week I was wondering if perhaps influenza was what Simon’s mother in...

Wild fig tree 2B EPIPHANY 14 JAN 2018 Have you ever had someone who is a complete stranger come up to you and tell you something about...

BAPTISM OF CHRIST 1 EPIPHANY, YEAR B Water: It is literally the stuff of which we are made. Without it we quick-ly die. Yet water is the...

CHRISTMAS EVE 24 DEC 2017 I am not sure how we would feel if we knew the absolute truth about the Christmas Story. We all have our ideas...

3 Advent 16 DEC 2017 Gaudete!! Rejoice always! Paul throws one command after another in rapid succession. This is Paul at his best, at...

2B ADVENT 10 DEC 2017 I suspect children the world over have similar ideas about games. Maybe the game involves finding something like a...