Always a Little Homesick
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. Good morning! So I was recently in a foreign…
The Parable of the Rich Fool
In the name of the Father, The Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen. Good morning, It is an honor and a pleasure for me to…
There Comes a Lion
I am going to attempt to do the seemingly implausible- compare The Lion King to the Lord’s Prayer. If it bombs out—well, sorry. The Lion…
Only One Thing Is Needed
The reading today from the Gospel of Luke describes Martha and Mary, the sisters of Lazarus, who are hosting Jesus for some sort of dinner…
Hell in the Parking Lot
Before the Apostle Paul was the Apostle Paul, he was Saul, a Jewish man who fiercely persecuted Christians. But, one day when he was on…
A Sporkful of Contingencies
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All or Nothing: Why Jesus Doesn’t Ask You About Your Spiritual Life
In the early 20th century, there was an English philosopher named Alfred Whitehead who said that, “Apart from religion, expressed in ways generally intelligible, populations…
Painful, Fertile Ground
One thing that makes today’s Gospel reading even more interesting is what comes directly before it in Luke’s Gospel. Right on the tails of the…
Dude, Wash Your Face!
I am in the car about 8 hours a week, so I like to have my mind occupied with something other than the weather and…
I Can’t Get No Satisfaction
I came across funny cartoon last week. The first frame was “God as Dog”, with a friendly dog looking out loyally toward the viewer. The…
Everybody Needs the Gospel
At first glance or first listen, our reading from Acts today doesn’t seem like a very profound one, it doesn’t grab your attention for really…