Do you have memories of listening to stories? Maybe bedtime stories were read to you when you were tucked into bed at night. Or stories...

LAZARUS AND HIS TWO SISTERS lived in a town called Bethany a couple of miles outside Jerusalem and according to the Gospel of John were...

In 1996, Johnny Cash recorded the Carter Family song " Kneeling Drunkard's Plea," which tells the story of a man kneeling at his mother’s...

What I like about the Bible is that it is so real. The leaders of the Early Church are shown in all their humanity - warts and all. And...

I've always loved the rich young ruler as a sympathetic anti-hero. He's young, wealthy, powerful, and spiritually earnest. He asks the...

WORLD COMMUNION SUNDAY And the Table Will Be Wide A Blessing for World Communion Sunday And the table will be wide. And the welcome will...

In the immediate setting of our Gospel Lesson the disciples on their way to Jerusalem, and they have been dealing the issue of...

What does a person have to do to become an insignificant leader? Why don't we ever hear people say, "You are destined to be really...

Frederick Buechner, one of my favorite writers, in Listening to Your Life, asks a series of questions designed to help us think about...

At the Edge of the Enclosure - "Belonging and Breakthrough" … An essential part of wholeness is the sense of belonging. Belonging within...

Those who cherish Charles Schultz’ “Peanuts” comic strip will no doubt remember Pig Pen, the mild-mannered, affable kid who, as Charlie...

Do I Choose or Am I Chosen? "Choose this day whom you will serve..." --- Joshua (Joshua 24:15) "Lord, to whom can we go? You have the...

John the Evangelist: JOHN WAS A POET, and he knew about words. He knew that all men and all women are mysteries known only to themselves...

Raise your hand if you agree with me: Calories ingested on vacation don’t count. Right? It’s our vacation and we get to eat all of the...

When Bill and I lived with the Episcopal sisters of the Community of the Holy Spirit at their convent at Bluestone Farm, sometimes they...

Part of what it means to believe in God, at least part of what it means for me, is to believe in the possibility of miracle, and because...

You’re exhausted, unable to move forward, unable to concentrate or think what comes next, yet your blood is pounding—celebrating your...

When the dates were set for the Brady’s vacation, I gave Pastor Mark a bad time. I had looked up the lectionary readings and I said, “I...

I picture Jesus' hometown family and friends squirming in their synagogue seats and craning their necks to see if he's coming up the...

There aren’t many Bible verses that bring tears to my eyes as quickly as the one that lies at the heart of this week’s Gospel reading:...