Sunday's Readings

April 11 Acts 4:32-35 Ps. 133 1 John 1:1-22 John 20:19-31 The resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ from the dead utterly transformed his followers and created a new human community whose lifestyle we ca... Read more...

Acts 10:34-43 or Is. 25:6-9 Ps. 118:1-2, 14-24 1 Cor. 15:1-11 or Acts 10:34-43 John 20:1-18 or Mark 16:1-8 Last night, in darkness, the church gathered for the great Easter Vigil. A fire was kindled, symb... Read more...

The Body of Jesus Is. 50:4-9a Ps. 31:9-16 Phil. 2:5-11 Mark 14:1-15:47 or Mark 15:1-39, 40-47 As Jesus enters the holy city of Jerusalem, the crowds cry out, “Hosanna! Blessed is the one who comes in t... Read more...

Jesus meets us right where we are, in our weakness and need, our guilt and failure.

4 Lent Num. 21:4-9 Ps. 107:1-3, 17-22 Eph. 2:1-10 John 3:14-21 Depravity is not the problem, certainly not the first homiletic challenge. Illustrations of the worst human behavior are too easy to find; a... Read more...

Jesus is the scandal of forgiveness, and forgiveness is nothing less than the impossibility of resurrection from the dead.

2 Lent Gen. 17:1-7, 15-16 Ps. 22:22-30 Rom. 4:13-25 Mark 8:31-38 Leave everything for God. “Now the Lord said to Abram, ‘Go from your country and your kindred and your father’s house to the land that I w... Read more...

1 Lent Gen. 9:8-17 Ps. 25:1-9 1 Pet. 3:18-22 Mark 1:9-15 “And the Spirit immediately drove him into the wilderness. He was in the wilderness for 40 days, tempted by Satan; and he was with the wild beasts... Read more...

Last Epiphany 2 Kgs. 2:1-12 Ps. 50:1-6 2 Cor. 4:3-6 Mark 9:2-9 The collect appointed for today tells us why Jesus was revealed in glory, illumined, on the holy mountain. The transfiguration of Jesus o... Read more...