06252022 – Luke 9. 51-62 It is a life lesson. Not everybody is going to agree with you. Not everybody is going to like you. Not everybody is going to like “all of the time.” It is called reality. Heck, we don’t even like ourselves, 100% of the time! “And he sent messengers ahead of […]
08222026 – Luke 8. 26-39 People say they “CANNOT RELATE to this stuff!” “This is “THE STUFF” of HOLLYWOOD,” they say! Remember the movie, “THE EXORCIST?” It caused, fear, terror, horror, alarm, and sleepless nights, … AND, it made MONEY at the box office besides. There is even a whole Hollywood Horror GENRE. Demons ARE […]
06182022 – Luke 8.26-39 Imagine a disease “so terrifying” – a neurologic disability – that completely and totally devastates a human being. What can start out with a simple fever and a headache, and a feeling of tiredness, can quickly morph into psychosis, paranoia, delusions, false beliefs, and hallucinations. Now, imagine being agitated, alone, and […]
06152022 – John 12. In 1804, Thomas Jefferson had already drafted the Declaration of Independence, he had built Monticello, worked on the Louisanna Purchase, and was nearly halfway through his presidency, when he decided to take on his “one of his most ambitious projects of all” – Jefferson decided to take “a deeper look” at […]
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 […]
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 […]