Christmas Eve Isaiah 9:2-7 Titus 2:11-14 Luke 2:1-20 Dear fellow ministers of the gospel of Jesus Christ,  grace and peace to you from love born among us. Amen   Merry Christmas! People love Christmas for many reasons  but I suspect that underlying all of them  is the comfort of familiarity.   The essentials of Christmas rarely change all that much,  with Christmas you know what to expect each year,  no surprises other than what is under the tree    and for us who worship eac

23rd Sunday after Pentecost Malachi 4:1-2a Psalm 98 2 Thessalonians 3:6-13 Luke 21:5-19 Dear fellow ministers of the gospel of Jesus Christ, grace and peace to you from the one who is making all things new. Amen   What do we do when the good news doesn’t sound so good?    This is the predicament the disciples find themselves in this morning.  Jesus has been proclaiming the good news  that the kingdom of God has come near, that even now it is coming  and that in the kingdom of

22nd Sunday after Pentecost Job 19:23-27a Psalm 17:1-9 2 Thessalonians 2:1-5, 13-17 Luke 20:27-38 Dear fellow ministers of the gospel of Jesus Christ,  grace and peace to you from the one who makes sure that death is not the end. Amen   What would change if there were no death?   Everything   Everything would change if we were to live without the reality of death.   This is the point  Jesus is making to the Sadducees who are questioning him, trying to trap him today, and it’s

All Saints Sunday Daniel 7:1-3, 15-18 Psalm 149 Ephesians 1:11-23 Luke 6:20-31 Dear fellow ministers of the gospel of Jesus Christ, grace and peace to you from Christ  the source of our hope, amen.   Spending time with our scriptures this week, one line kept sticking out to me,  part of Paul’s prayer for the Ephesians,   he prays that God might give them a spirit of wisdom and revelation  “so that, with the eyes of your heart enlightened, you may perceive what is the hope to

18th Sunday after Pentecost 2 Kings 5:1-3, 7-15c Psalm 111 2 Timothy 2:8-15 Luke 17:11-19 Dear fellow ministers of the gospel of Jesus Christ,  grace and peace to you  from the one who stitches us together in love. Amen   “Did none of them return to give glory to God except this foreigner?” Jesus proclaims over the head of the healed Samaritan still prostrated at his feet.    Who is he speaking to? His disciples? The crowds? Anyone who has ever designated someone else a forei

17th Sunday after Pentecost Habakkuk 1:1-4, 2:1-4 Psalm 37:1-9 2 Timothy 1:1-14 Luke 17:5-10 Dear fellow ministers of the gospel of Jesus...

16th Sunday after Pentecost Amos 6:1a, 4-7 Psalm 146 1 Timothy 6:6-19 Luke 16:19-31 Dear fellow ministers of the gospel of Jesus Christ,...

15th Sunday after Pentecost Amos 8:4-7 Psalm 113 1 Timothy 2:1-7 Luke 16:1-13 Dear fellow ministers of the gospel of Jesus Christ,  grace...

14th Sunday After Pentecost Exodus 32:7-14 Psalm 51:1-10 1 Timothy 1:12-17 Luke 15:1-10 Dear fellow ministers of the gospel of Jesus...

13th Sunday after Pentecost Deuteronomy 30:15-20 Psalm 1 Philemon 1-21 Luke 14:25-33 Dear fellow ministers of the gospel of Jesus Christ,...

12th Sunday after Pentecost Proverbs 25:6-7a Psalm 112 Hebrews 13:1-8, 15-16 Luke 14:1, 7-14 Dear fellow ministers of the gospel of Jesus...

10th Sunday After Pentecost Jeremiah 23:23-29 Psalm 82 Hebrews 11:29-12:2 Luke 12:49-56 Dear fellow ministers of the gospel of Jesus...

9th Sunday After Pentecost Genesis 15:1-6 Psalm 33:12-22 Hebrews 11:1-3, 8-16 Luke 12:32-40 Dear fellow ministers of the gospel of Jesus...

8th Sunday After Pentecost Ecclesiastes 1:2, 12-14; 2:18-23 Psalm 49:1-12 Colossians 3:1-11 Luke 12:13-21 Dear fellow ministers of the...

Seventh Sunday After Pentecost Genesis 18:20-32 Psalm 138 Colossians 2:6-15 Luke 11:1-13 Dear fellow ministers of the gospel of Jesus...

Fourth Sunday after Pentecost Isaiah 66:10-14 Psalm 66:1-9 Galatians 6:7-16 Luke 10:1-11, 16-20 Dear fellow ministers of the gospel of...

3rd Sunday after Pentecost 1 Kings 19:15-16, 19-21 Psalm 16 Galatians 5:1, 13-25 Luke 9:51-62 Dear fellow ministers of the gospel of...

Second Sunday after Pentecost Isaiah 65:1-9 Psalm 22:19-28 Galatians 3:23-29 Luke 8:26-39   Dear fellow ministers of the gospel of Jesus...

Fourth Sunday in Lent Joshua 5:9-12 Psalm 32 2 Corinthians 5:16-21 Luke 15:1-3, 11b-32 Dear fellow ministers of the gospel of Jesus...

Third Sunday in Lent Isaiah 55:1-9 Psalm 63:1-8 1 Corinthians 10:1-13 Luke 13:1-9 Dear fellow ministers of the gospel of Jesus Christ,...