Pentecost 21B Mark 10:35-45 Have you ever seen those bumper stickers that say “Jesus is the answer”? These were very popular a few years ago and I still see them from time to time. I always want to say—but My question was where’s the ladies room? Or will you please pass the salt? People seem…
Pentecost 20B Mark 10:17-31 For two weeks now, we’ve had some difficult Gospel texts. Not difficult because they were hard to believe due to fantastic healings or miracles. No, the things in these texts are difficult in decidedly human ways. Last week, it was divorce and this week…..it’s money. Where is the Gospel in all…
Pentecost 15B James 2:1-17, Mark 7:24-37 There was a somewhat unusual man who attended our weekly worship services at the seminary. Every Thursday night he would come and sit in one of the pews toward the back. He was not a student, something that anyone would readily notice by the way he dressed; an old…
Pentecost 14 B James 1:17-27 Mark 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23 Mirror, mirror on the wall, who is the fairest one of all? Ah the vanity of mirrors and gazing too long at our own reflections! The ancient Greeks told a cautionary story about the lure of our own reflection in the story of Narcissus. Narcissus went to…
Have you ever thought about the difference between being burned out and being stressed? I recently had a conversation with a friend of mine and we were discussing that the underlying feeling seems to be different for burnout. “Stressed” can result from positive or negative things and can compound over time. It seems like everyone experiences stress…
Shepherdess Writes 