A Supplement for the Church 05/04/2025 “So the disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter, ‘It is the Lord.’”
Patron Saint of Skeptics 04/27/2025 Second Sunday of Easter Scripture Readings These few verses, encompassing two appearances of the risen Jesus to his disciples, were meant to be the conclusion of John’s Gospel and a parallel to the Prologue that…
Read more: Patron Saint of Skeptics What Do You Do Now? 04/20/2025 Easter Sunday Scripture Readings The tomb is empty. What do you do now? What do you do after life mocked your life-long hopes and dreams and condemned them to a slow and painful death? What…
Read more: What Do You Do Now? The Empty Tomb 04/20/2025 “Do not be amazed! You seek Jesus of Nazareth, the crucified. He has been raised; he is not here.”
Power, The Great Delusion 04/18/2025 “It is finished.”
A New Commandment 04/18/2025 “I have given you a model to follow, so that as I have done for you, you should also do.”
My Thoughts Are Not Your Thoughts 04/13/2025 “Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! Blessed is the kingdom of our father David that is to come! Hosanna in the highest!”
Sin and the Law 04/06/2025 “Let the one among you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone at her.”
Why Forgive? 03/30/2025 “But now we must celebrate and rejoice, because your brother was dead and has come to life again; he was lost and has been found.”
The Forbearance of God 03/23/2025 “Remove the sandals from your feet, for the place where you stand is holy ground.”
Transformational Experience 03/16/2025 “Then from the cloud came a voice that said, ‘This is my chosen Son; listen to him.`”
Lead Us Not into Temptation 03/09/2025 “Filled with the Holy Spirit, Jesus returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the desert for forty days, to be tempted by the devil.”
Rewards of Penitence 03/05/2025 “Take care not to perform righteous deeds in order that people may see them”
Blind Self-Reliance 03/02/2025 “A good tree does not bear rotten fruit, nor does a rotten tree bear good fruit.”
Magical Thinking 02/23/2025 “…love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you.”
Luke’s Joys and Woes 02/16/2025 “And raising his eyes toward his disciples he said: ‘Blessed are you who are poor, for the kingdom of God is yours.’”
What’s He Getting At? 02/09/2025 “Jesus said to Simon, ‘Do not be afraid; from now on you will be catching men.’”
Gaining Spiritual Discernment 02/02/2025 “A light for revelation to the Gentiles, and glory for your people Israel.”
Jesus Was Different 01/26/2025 “Today this Scripture passage is fulfilled in your hearing”
More Than Just a Wedding 01/19/2025 “They have no wine.”
The Holy Spirit Comes 01/12/2025 “You are my beloved Son; with you I am well pleased.”
Your Light Has Come 01/05/2025 “They were overjoyed at seeing the star, and on entering the house they saw the child with Mary his mother.”
The Messiest Miracle 01/01/2025 “And Mary kept all these things, reflecting on them in her heart.”
Who Is My Family? 12/29/2024 “The child grew and became strong, filled with wisdom; and the favor of God was upon him.”
The Word Made Flesh 12/25/2024 “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.”
Hark, the Herald Angels Sing 12/25/2024 “For today in the city of David a savior has been born for you who is Christ and Lord.”
Identity, Destiny, and Connectivity 12/22/2024 “Blessed are you who believed that what was spoken to you by the Lord would be fulfilled.”
Recapturing Expectation 12/15/2024 “John went throughout the whole region of the Jordan, proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.”
Most Fully Gifted 12/09/2024 “Hail, full of grace! The Lord is with you.”
Who Is the Messiah? 12/08/2024 “John went throughout the whole region of the Jordan proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.”
Stand before the Son of Man 11/30/2024 “And then they will see the Son of Man
coming in a cloud with power and great glory.”
The Truth about Christ the King 11/24/2024 “Jesus answered, ‘You say I am a king. For this I was born and for this I came into the world to testify to the truth.'”
The Day of Yahweh Comes 11/17/2024 “And then they will see ‘the Son of Man coming in the clouds’ with great power and glory.”
The Power of Humility 11/10/2024 “For they have all contributed from their surplus wealth, but she, from her poverty, has contributed all she had.”
Hear, O Israel 11/03/2024 “Hear, O Israel, The Lord our God is Lord alone.”
What Does It Mean? 11/01/2024 “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the Kingdom of heaven.”
What Do You Want? 10/27/2024 “Jesus said to him in reply, ‘What do you want me to do for you?’ The blind man replied to him, ‘Master, I want to see.’”
Love in Humble Service 10/20/2024 “For the Son of Man did not come to be served but to serve and to give his life as a ransom for many.”
School of Love 10/13/2024 “Go, sell what you have, and give to the poor and you will have treasure in heaven; then come, follow me.”
Covenant of Life and Love 10/06/2024 “He embraced them and blessed them, placing his hands on them.”
Fostering or Hindering Faith 09/29/2024 “Anyone who gives you a cup of water to drink because you belong to Christ, amen, I say to you, will surely not lose his reward.”
Righteousness 09/22/2024 “Whoever receives one child such as this in my name, receives me.”
What Are Your Expectations? 09/15/2024 Twenty-Fourth Sunday Scripture Readings In today’s gospel reading, Jesus teaches his disciples a valuable lesson and, in doing so, teaches us one as well. If we pay close attention to what’s being said in this…
Read more: What Are Your Expectations? What Are We Missing? 09/08/2024 “‘Ephphatha!’—that is, ‘Be opened!’”
Escaping Fortresses of Fear 09/01/2024 “Nothing that enters one from outside can defile that person; but the things that come out from within are what defile.”
Flesh Rising to Spirit 08/25/2024 “Master, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life.”
Transforming the Flesh 08/18/2024 Twentieth Sunday Scripture Readings When meditating on the gospels that form the bedrock of our understanding of God and the universe, I think it’s important that we dig deeply into the gospel texts. Only in…
Read more: Transforming the Flesh Discerning the Bread of Life 08/11/2024 “I am the living bread come down from heaven.”
Living the Bread of Life 08/04/2024 “I am the bread of life.”
Christ Yesterday, Today, and Forever 07/28/2024 “They filled twelve wicker baskets with fragments from the five barley loaves.”
Come Away 07/21/2024 “He began to teach them many things.”
Repent and Believe 07/14/2024 “Jesus summoned the Twelve and began to send them out two by two.”
“So the disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter, ‘It is the Lord.’”
Easter Sunday Scripture Readings The tomb is empty. What do you do now? What do you do after life mocked your life-long hopes and dreams and condemned them to a slow and painful death? What… Read more: What Do You Do Now?
“It is finished.”
“I have given you a model to follow, so that as I have done for you, you should also do.”
“Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! Blessed is the kingdom of our father David that is to come! Hosanna in the highest!”
“Let the one among you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone at her.”
“But now we must celebrate and rejoice, because your brother was dead and has come to life again; he was lost and has been found.”
“Remove the sandals from your feet, for the place where you stand is holy ground.”
“Then from the cloud came a voice that said, ‘This is my chosen Son; listen to him.`”
“Filled with the Holy Spirit, Jesus returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the desert for forty days, to be tempted by the devil.”
“Take care not to perform righteous deeds in order that people may see them”
“A good tree does not bear rotten fruit, nor does a rotten tree bear good fruit.”
“…love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you.”
“And raising his eyes toward his disciples he said: ‘Blessed are you who are poor, for the kingdom of God is yours.’”
“A light for revelation to the Gentiles, and glory for your people Israel.”
“Today this Scripture passage is fulfilled in your hearing”
“They have no wine.”
“You are my beloved Son; with you I am well pleased.”
“They were overjoyed at seeing the star, and on entering the house they saw the child with Mary his mother.”
“And Mary kept all these things, reflecting on them in her heart.”
“The child grew and became strong, filled with wisdom; and the favor of God was upon him.”
“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.”
“Blessed are you who believed that what was spoken to you by the Lord would be fulfilled.”
“John went throughout the whole region of the Jordan, proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.”
“Hail, full of grace! The Lord is with you.”
“John went throughout the whole region of the Jordan proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.”
“And then they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.”
“Jesus answered, ‘You say I am a king. For this I was born and for this I came into the world to testify to the truth.'”
“And then they will see ‘the Son of Man coming in the clouds’ with great power and glory.”
“For they have all contributed from their surplus wealth, but she, from her poverty, has contributed all she had.”
“Hear, O Israel, The Lord our God is Lord alone.”
“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the Kingdom of heaven.”
“Jesus said to him in reply, ‘What do you want me to do for you?’ The blind man replied to him, ‘Master, I want to see.’”
“For the Son of Man did not come to be served but to serve and to give his life as a ransom for many.”
“Go, sell what you have, and give to the poor and you will have treasure in heaven; then come, follow me.”
“He embraced them and blessed them, placing his hands on them.”
“Anyone who gives you a cup of water to drink because you belong to Christ, amen, I say to you, will surely not lose his reward.”
“Whoever receives one child such as this in my name, receives me.”
Twenty-Fourth Sunday Scripture Readings In today’s gospel reading, Jesus teaches his disciples a valuable lesson and, in doing so, teaches us one as well. If we pay close attention to what’s being said in this… Read more: What Are Your Expectations?
“‘Ephphatha!’—that is, ‘Be opened!’”
“Nothing that enters one from outside can defile that person; but the things that come out from within are what defile.”
Twentieth Sunday Scripture Readings When meditating on the gospels that form the bedrock of our understanding of God and the universe, I think it’s important that we dig deeply into the gospel texts. Only in… Read more: Transforming the Flesh
“I am the living bread come down from heaven.”
“I am the bread of life.”
“They filled twelve wicker baskets with fragments from the five barley loaves.”
“He began to teach them many things.”
“Jesus summoned the Twelve and began to send them out two by two.”