08252021 – John 6.56-69 People are offended by so many different things today…we really are! We take exception with almost everything and anything. It seems that people are getting offended more easily. Perhaps that’s a good thing. And then again, maybe not, you be the ones to decide, you be the one to judge. […]
09012021 – Mark 7. 1-8, 14-15, 21-23 The starting place. The background. The context if you will…is a little bit different…maybe even a little strange. It starts with the Hebrew language. The wording and the words chosen are always so very important. The Hebrew word “MUSSAR” means moral conduct, instruction, or discipline. I do […]
08282021 – Mark 7.1-8, 14-15, 21-23 This is a “CONFLICT NARRATIVE.” The people at the top are out of synch with the people at the bottom. It’s an old – “us against them” story. When you are talking Pharisees and Scribes, you are once more talking about “the elite of Jerusalem.” Geographically, Jesus is […]
08112021 – John 6. 35, 41-51 WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE? If I asked you THAT QUESTION – or simply asked you TO DESCRIBE YOURSELF – WHAT – would you say about yourself? Sometimes in “small break-out groups” – where “no one knows each other,” – they ask you to say something about yourself. […]
08142021 – Luke 1.46-55 Mary, Mother of Our Lord This is about “perspective.” This is about how “WE” look at things. “I asked God to take away MY PAIN. God said, No. It is not for me to take away, but FOR YOU TO GIVE IT UP. I asked God to make my […]
07242021 – John 6. 1-21 That morning the rooster crowed, as surely as it did, every single day, waking up a little boy that was perhaps 7 or 8 years old. You know HOW PRECOCIOUS a seven or eight year little boys can be. They are so inquisitive, like little sponges, longing and searching for […]
O72102212 – Mark 6. 30-34, 53-56 It was the Scottish poet and lyricist, “the Ploughman Poet,” “The National Bard,” or “the Bard of Ayrshire” also known as, Robert Burns, who wrote, “The best laid plans of mice and men … often go awry.” The words of “Auld Lang Syne” are also attributed to […]
07172021 – Mark 6. 30-34, 53-56 So, let’s talk about work and “busyness.” IF you were to ask me, (Which you did not) – I would say being busy, having something to do is a “good thing.” NOT necessarily something to do CONSTANTLY…but FREQUENTLY…it is invigorating, it keeps the mind working and […]
07142021 – Mark 6.14-29 This is not about the Baptizer. Although you could never tell by the bulletin cover. Well, it is, and it is not… The Gospel is about Jesus Christ, whom God sent – to free us from our sins. The last line of our pericope really got to me. […]
07102021 – Mark 6. 14-29 We know , we get it, we understand, that bad things happen to good people. Honest people, well-intentioned, kind people. The death toll in the Champlain Towers- South collapse in Miami-Dade county continues to rise. More than 60 residents are still potentially missing and unaccounted for…and this is […]