Pentecost 8A/Proper 12 Genesis 29:15-28 Psalm 105:1-11, 45b Romans 8:26-39 Matthew 13:31-33, 44-52 Gracious God, take our minds and think through them; take our hands and work through them; take our hearts and set them on fire. Amen. If you’re anything like me then your…
Pentecost 7A/Proper 11 Genesis 28:10-19a; Psalm 139:1-11, 22-23; Romans 8:12-25; Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43 Gracious God, take our minds and think through them; take our hands and work through them; take our hearts…
Gracious God, take our minds and think through them; take our hands and work through them; take our hearts and set them on fire. Amen. We call today’s Gospel reading ‘The Parable of the Sower,’ even though the part most of us tend to focus on is the different kinds of soil. Paying attention to the soil is an easy leap for reflecting about…
Gracious God, take our minds and think through them; take our hands and work through them; take our hearts and set them on fire. Amen. Come to me, all you that are weary and are carrying heavy burdens, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me; for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will…
Gracious God, take our minds and think through them; take our hands and work through them; take our hearts and set them on fire. Amen. After these things… So begins our reading from Genesis today, a story that is both famous and infamous – compelling and horrifying: the so-called “Binding of Isaac” or “The Command to Sacrifice Isaac.” [1] It is the culmination of…
Gracious God, take our minds and think through them; take our hands and work through them; take our hearts and set them on fire. Amen. We are now settling into Ordinary Time – the long season after Pentecost. It’s called ordinary not because it is typical – rather, it comes from the word “ordinal,” meaning “related to a series.” From now until November…
Acts 2:1-21 Psalm 104:25-35, 37 1 Corinthians 12:3b-13 John 7:37-39 Gracious God, take our minds and think through them; take our hands and work through them; take our hearts and set them on fire. Amen. The world is full of chaos, and violence, and hate right now. It’s nowhere near the first time it has been so, nor unfortunately will it be…
Acts 1:6-14 Psalm 68:1-10, 33-36 1 Peter 4:12-14; 5:6-11 John 17:1-11 Today I want to focus on our reading from Acts which narrates Jesus’ ascension into heaven, 40 days after his resurrection. Ascension Day was last Thursday, 40 days after Easter, and as always on this 7th and last Sunday of Eastertide, we hear the story of Jesus’ final leave-taking from the…