Be Raised

Lent 2B Mark 8:31-38 A friend of mine wrote on his Facebook status: Christians are called to: Go, Suffer, Die, and Be Raised. The problem in this is that the only thing we want to participate in is the being raised part. He’s probably right. And why wouldn’t that be right? Who wants to go…

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Remember

Lent 1B Genesis 9:8-17 Our reading today from the Old Testament is the closing scene of one of the most widely recognized stories from the bible. The flood, the big boat, the animals two by two, the kindly looking old man with the long white beard are all familiar set pieces in this story. And…

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Woe To Me

Epiphany 5B 1 Corinthians 9:16-23 Today’s sermon was difficult for me to prepare. Not because of a lack of something to say! Quite the opposite, really. There are so many interesting things happening in the scriptures for today that I could hardly decide what to talk about first! There is so much great stuff! We…

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Ah HA!

Epiphany Year B Isaiah 60:1-6, Ephesians 3:1-12, Matthew 2:1-12 Yay Christmas! Woo Hooo!!! Yahoo It’s finally here! Yippie!   Ho ho ho! Very Merry and so on! And just like that, it was over. Christmas is supposed to last 12 days in the church because we have Christmas all the way through Epiphany on January 6th,…

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