Today is Palm Sunday. It is also Passion Sunday. Most churches focus on the Palm part of this day, waving palms and chanting, “Hosanna, blessed is he who comes in…
Today's text records the first interaction between Jesus and Simon Peter. Simon had been fishing all night and hadn't caught a thing. Then Jesus goes fishing with Simon. Takes him…
In today’s text, Jesus challenged the Pharisees’ ways because their ways reduced religion to a set of rules. This is why Jesus said that the Pharisees should cleanse their hearts…
Elizabeth and Mary are quite the pair. After years and years of praying for a child, after becoming used to not having a child, and after getting to the age…
The third Sunday of Advent is traditionally “Joy Sunday” and the pink or rose-colored Advent candle is lit. Rejoicing is a big part of what it means to prepare for…
Last week we looked at Advent as being the anticipation of Christ’s second coming, and not that of his birth 2,000 years ago. The second Sunday of Advent, traditionally the…
Through the centuries there have been many well-meaning people who have been tripped up by the so-called Apocalyptic writings in the scriptures. We look at these scriptures each year during…
In the comic book series, Spider-Man, the moral compass for the main character is a quote from his uncle, “With great power, there must also come great responsibility!” Long before…
In Deuteronomy 30, Moses stands before the Israelite people and says, “There are two roads. One road leads to life. The other road leads to death.” In Matthew 7, Jesus…
