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

Mark 7:24-37 24 From there he set out and went away to the region of Tyre. He entered a house and did not want anyone to know he was...

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

Mark 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23 7 Now when the Pharisees and some of the scribes who had come from Jerusalem gathered around him, 2 they noticed...

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 6:56-69 56 Those who eat my flesh and drink my blood abide in me and I in them. 57 Just as the living Father sent me and I live...

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...

John 6:51-58 51 I am the living bread that came down from heaven. Whoever eats of this bread will live forever; and the bread that I will...

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...

John 6:35, 41-51 35 Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life; anyone who comes to me shall not hunger, and everyone who believes in me...

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

John 6:24-35 24 So when the people saw that Jesus was not there, nor his disciples, they themselves got into the boats and went to...

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...

John 6:1-21 6 After this Jesus went to the other side of the Sea of Galilee, (also called the Sea of Tibe′ri-as). 2 And a multitude...

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

Ephesians 2:11-22 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 11 So then, remember that at one time you gentiles by birth,[a] called...

Ephesians 1:3-14 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition Spiritual Blessings in Christ 3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord...

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...

Mark 6:1-13 6 Jesus left that place and came to his hometown, and his disciples followed him. 2 On the Sabbath he began to teach in the...