Sunday’s Coming
Who did this? (John 9:1-41)
It's a question I ask my children all the time.
Ordinary water, ordinary food (John 4:5-42)
How do we wrap our minds around hunger?
Water and Spirit are life (John 3:1-17)
Why does Jesus tie these two things together?
Abundance and limits (Genesis 2:15-17, 3:1-7)
Like the first humans, I am far from divine.
The measure of our days (Joel 2:1-2, 12-17; Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21)
It's hard for me to grasp that mortality is my fate, too.
The Transfiguration sermon I need (Matthew 17:1-9)
There is no "on the mountain" and "off the mountain."
Reprove thy neighbor (Leviticus 19:1-2, 9-18; Matthew 5:38-48)
It's not immediately clear what this command means.
Well, yes yes and no no (Deuteronomy 30:15-20; 1 Corinthians 3:1-9; Matthew 5:21-37)
I came into the world cursed with the ability to see all sides of an issue.
Getting beyond as if (Isaiah 58:1-9a; Psalm 112:1-9; 1 Corinthians 2:1-12; Matthew 5:13-20)
The prescription for the persistent malady of God’s people
Jesus gives his initial sermon (Matthew 5:1–2)
The preacher is still green! Maybe we'll hear something hopeful.
A call to change careers (Matthew 4:12-23)
There was certainly nothing wrong with doing what I did before.
A church for disciples (John 1:29–42)
So often the call to discipleship slides into becoming a call to church membership.
A few questions about baptism (Matthew 3:13–17)
Do we assume the authority of the heavens?
Astrologers among us (Matthew 2:1–12)
I am less like the Magi than some members of my church are.
Is the holy innocents story about the innocents? (Matthew 2:13–23)
"What an awful story," she said. "Why would that story be in the Bible?"
One of the Lord's witnesses (John 1:1–14)
When this woman heard what she thought to be true about the movement of God among us, she testified.
Joyful and afraid (Luke 2:1–20)
Can we recognize Jesus' coming as good news?
Good people and new names (Matthew 1:18–25)
Every child is from God. Joseph gets an explicit divine promise.
Good news for the rich and poor (Luke1:46b–55)
What a relief it might be to middle-class America to be sent away empty.
Repent and bear fruit (Matthew 3:1-12)
I am grateful for John the Baptist's indictment.