Lent 4A John 9:1-41 On this 4th Sunday of Lent, it is good to have a long gospel reading! I think we could use all the good news we can get right now. It is obvious that this is a stressful time. That’s an understatement of course. It is a frightening and uncertain time. We…
Easter 6B John 15:9-17 Love makes your soul crawl out of its hiding place—Zora Neal Hurston I have now preached on the gospel text for today three times prior to this moment. It is a fine example of never really coming to the end of a piece of scripture. There truly is so much to…
Easter 4B Psalm 23, John 10:11-18 Our Psalm for today is one of the most familiar pieces of scripture in the whole bible. How many of us memorized this as a child? In my memory it is in the King James version, not necessarily because that was the version I had to memorize but…
All Saints Year A Matthew 5:1-12 Have you ever wondered what it would have been like to hear Jesus preach in person? That is a great answer to the question: what historic event would you like to witness? I’d like to hear Jesus preach. I wonder what he would have sounded like. Would he…
Reformation Sunday October 29 2017 John 8:31-36 Happy Reformation Sunday! Today is a day when we hear the stories of Martin Luther and his struggle to reform the church in his day. It was an undertaking that lead to Protestantism and….well…to us. We hear again the stories of those who sought to refocus the church…
Shepherdess Writes 