Encountering Luke John the Baptist always appears on this Sunday in Advent preaching good news to the crowds who gather to hear him in the wilderness. Our congregations are those… read more

Encountering Luke Jesus’ teaching in Luke 15 bowls us over. In a world that knows deserving and entitlement, we are confronted with a storyteller who is either uninterested… read more

Encountering Luke Jesus’ sermon on the plain in Luke 6 reminds us of his more famous sermon on the mount in Matthew 5. They are similar. Yet they are significantly… read more

Encountering Mark It’s a great story, our gospel lesson for this Sunday. If you are like me, you first heard it as a child and you have loved it ever since. Here is this… read more

Encountering Matthew They have sought to entrap Jesus in an examination about authority. By what authority do you do these things? In turn, Jesus asks his critics a question to… read more

Encountering Matthew Because today’s gospel moves in a number of different directions with its five parables, we will focus on verses 44-46, the parables of the treasure in… read more