Encountering John (Easter, continued) In today’s lesson from Acts, Peter preaches about the truth of the resurrection. Peter preaches. The once-disheartened cowardly… read more

Encountering John There is something about this forever reaching God that is determined to draw us into his loving embrace. It would be one thing to preach about Christ, but… read more

Encountering John This second Sunday of Lent we are allowed to listen in on a conversation between two religious scholars. It’s hard to know exactly where to end this… read more

Encountering Matthew This Sunday begins a semi-continuous reading of Matthew’s Gospel that runs for the next five Sundays after Epiphany. Of the four parts of today’s… read more

Encountering Matthew It’s a joy to be in church this Epiphany Sunday, January 6, a joy to have this great feast day of the church fall on a Sunday. Let’s make the most … read more

Encountering John Whenever we encounter the story of Jesus’ raising of Lazarus from the dead, I always think it a bit strange that the Revised Common Lectionary has us read… read more