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…
Pentecost 11B John 6:35, 41-51 What is in a name? Would a rose by any other name smell as sweet? Actually, there is a whole lot in a name. Names are powerful things. They are a part of our identity—a piece of who we are. We are given our names by our families, nicknames by…
Pentecost 9B August 5 2012 Exodus 16:2-4,9-15 John 6:24-35 Which is better? Slavery and rich foods or freedom and bread? Is it better to bow down to a master and have our physical needs cared for or to live in freedom and rely upon God alone for our needs? I had a friend once, named…
Pentecost 9B John 6:1-21 What an amazing site to behold in our Gospel lesson! More of that amazing, miracle working Jesus! Feeding countless people with what amounts to little more than a single Lean Cuisine Dinner. But what a feast! What a banquet! And talk about the cup running over! There were enough leftovers from…
Shepherdess Writes 