It is always a remarkable moment to stand here and see all of you looking back at me with the dark, cross-shaped smudges on your foreheads. It is like holding up the bread and wine at communion and seeing, in a sense, the people of God through communion; to see the body of Christ amongst…
Pentecost 25C Job 19:23-27a Luke 20:27-38 I love the cover of this week’s bulletin. It is a simple image with simple phrase; simple but so full of meaning. For to him, all of them are alive! [the image to the right is NOT the image from the bulletin. at publish, I could not get a…
All Saints C Ephesians 1:11-23, Luke 6:20-31 Jesus is being followed around by a large crowd of people and in today’s gospel text he is speaking to his disciples in front of this group. He begins with: Blessed are the cheesemakers! Ok, not really, but whenever I read this text, that’s what I think of.…
Pentecost 18C Luke 16:1-13 Today’s text is one of those that pastors dread. That gospel lesson can leave us wondering: what is Jesus going on about? Is he actually praising the shady wheelers and dealers? Is he actually suggesting that we should look to people who are similar to this guy, like corporate embezzlers for…
Strictly speaking, this poem (written for a post in October of 2010) isn’t about the gospel text for tomorrow and, therefore, isn’t in the sermon. If I remember correctly, it is actually about the healing of ten lepers in Luke 17. However, the parables of the lost sheep, lost coin, and lost son, two of which are in…
Shepherdess Writes 