When Two Screens Just Aren’t Enough

Acts 2:14a, 22-32 Peter opens the proclamation of the gospel. Psalm 16 Celebration of deliverance. 1 Peter 1:3-9 The outcome of the testing of our faith. John 20:19-31 Jesus appears to the disciples and the doubting of Thomas.

I find it very interesting to watch the way Christians handle the ten commandments. On the one hand, they have become an icon of our Christian culture, so that nobody wants to claim that they don’t keep them. They’re regarded as a foundational and basic icon, so we keep trying to make them the firm…

My pastor preached from the gospel lesson, Matthew 25:31-46 this past Sunday, and reminded me of something important.  Though this is called a parable, it is really much more of an apocalyptic vision, presenting the scene of judgment day. Besides the differences in the way one would understand a vision and a parable, this provides…

It’s not surprising that, as I read the passages for Advent 1B, [corrected from 1A-What can I have been thinking?] I got the sense of expectation, and even just a bit (or more) of impatience.  We have the prayer for God’s intervention and protection in Psalm 80, the cry for God to rend the heavens…

21st Sunday after Pentecost Job 23:1-9, 16-17 and Psalm 22:1-15  or Amos 5:6-7, 10-15 and Psalm 90:12-17 Hebrews 4:12-16 Mark 10:17-31