Worship and Sacraments
-
Do you ever live in a “Us” vs. “Them” mentality? 20th Sunday Year A
It was hard to watch the news this week, wasn’t it? To see the terrible events unfolding in Charlottesville, Virginia? The white supremacists and Neo-Nazi’s chanting…
-
Would you have gotten out of the boat? 19th Sunday Year A
If humor among the disciples is anything like humor at the seminary, than I can easily imagine the 11 apostle’s teasing Simon about his nickname “Petrus” – rock, because of this story.
-
What can backpacking teach us about the Transfiguration? Feast of the Transfiguration 2017
If you’ve ever done some serious backpacking in the mountains, then perhaps you know this difficult truth. It is tougher coming down the mountains than going up.
-
When was the last time the Kingdom found you? And you found the Kingdom? 17th Sunday A
As many of you know, I had the leisure to be on vacation in Colorado this month with two of my classmates. It was a golfing vacation, and we played a lot of golf. There was a moment…
-
How do you deal with your imperfections? 16th Sun. A
Even experienced farmers could not tell the difference in its early stages between wheat and darnel, a weed that also grew in the holy land.
-
Is it about the sower, the seed, the soil… or something else. 15th Sunday A 17
It is usual to ‘hear’ this parable in terms of the soil that the seed falls upon. And it is certainly fruitful to spend time praying about that. Am I good soil? Am I resistant soil?