Speaker
- Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde
- David S. Deutsch
- Michele H. Morgan
- Rebecca Justice Schunior
- Richard Rubenstein
- Stephen Patterson
- Susan Flanders
- Susan Thompson
- The Rev Linda Kaufman
- The Rev. Christopher Phillips
- The Rev. L. Scott Lipscomb
- The Rev. Michele H. Morgan
- The Rev. Michele Morgan
- The Rev. Patricia Catalano
- The Reverend Cindy Dopp
- The Reverend Joe Hubbard
- The Reverend Mark Jefferson
- The Reverend Michele H. Morgan
- The Reverend Patricia Catalano
- The Reverend R. Justice Schunior
- The Rt. Rev. V. Gene Robinson
Date
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2022
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2021
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2020
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2019
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2018
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2017
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2016
December, November, October, September, August, July, June, May, April, March, February, January
Book
Series
- 1 Corinthians
- 1 Samuel
- 2 Kings
- 2 Samuel
- 2 Timothy
- 25-30
- 31b-35
- 36-43
- Acts
- Ecclesiastes
- Ephesians
- Genesis
- Hebrews
- Isaiah
- James
- Jeremiah
- John
- John 10: 1-10
- John 10:11-18
- John 12:20-33
- John 14:1-14
- John 14:15-21
- John 15:1-8
- John 15:9-17
- John 17:1-11
- John 20:19-31
- John 3:1-17
- John 9: 1-41
- Luke
- Luke 24:13-35
- Mark
- Mark 1: 1-8
- Mark 1:14-20
- Mark 1:21-28
- Mark 1:29-39
- Mark 1:9-15
- Mark 13:24-37
- Mark 8:31-38
- Mark 9:2-9
- Matthew
- Matthew 10:24-39
- Matthew 14:13-21
- Matthew 14:22-33
- Matthew 15: 21-28
- Matthew 16:13-20
- Matthew 18:21-35
- Matthew 21:23-27
- Matthew 21:33-46
- Matthew 22:15-22
- Matthew 22:34-46
- Matthew 25:14-30
- Matthew 25:31-46
- Matthew 28:1-10
- Matthew 28:16-20
- Matthew 9:35-10:8
- Nehemiah
Solidarity With the Other
…” Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples if you have love for one another.” More
…” Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples if you have love for one another.” More
Leave Her Alone Redux
“…we always have the poor because we are the poor. Jesus wouldn’t be with his friends physically again. This was their last time together, and it needed to be memorialized with a grand gesture, which Mary provided with all the love and compassion that was in her heart.” More
“…we always have the poor because we are the poor. Jesus wouldn’t be with his friends physically again. This was their last time together, and it needed to be memorialized with a grand gesture, which Mary provided with all the love and compassion that was in her heart.” More
Following Jesus
“The Church missed its high calling to be the new thing in the world when it decided to worship Jesus instead of following him.”
Verna Dozier in The Dream of God More
“The Church missed its high calling to be the new thing in the world when it decided to worship Jesus instead of following him.”
Verna Dozier in The Dream of God More
Conquering Fear: Palm Sunday 2021
Evidently, the crowd knows who Jesus is, but the difference now is that Jesus doesn’t silence them. He is ready to fully assume his messianic identity and confront the authorities in the capital city. Matthew and John in their respective versions quote a passage from the prophet Zechariah, which talks about a king that will come riding on a donkey not a warhorse, one who will be peaceful and meek. This king was David coming back to Jerusalem, peaceful and humble. He had been saved and vindicated by God. And Jesus is seen as the new David who will save his people from oppression. More
Evidently, the crowd knows who Jesus is, but the difference now is that Jesus doesn’t silence them. He is ready to fully assume his messianic identity and confront the authorities in the capital city. Matthew and John in their respective versions quote a passage from the prophet Zechariah, which talks about a king that will come riding on a donkey not a warhorse, one who will be peaceful and meek. This king was David coming back to Jerusalem, peaceful and humble. He had been saved and vindicated by God. And Jesus is seen as the new David who will save his people from oppression. More
In it for the long haul
“Offer yourself to God, like Jesus did, with love and compassion in service to others, and you’ll know what it is that you have to give and will be sustained in whatever that is for the long haul.” More
“Offer yourself to God, like Jesus did, with love and compassion in service to others, and you’ll know what it is that you have to give and will be sustained in whatever that is for the long haul.” More
In the end, everything is God’s
God, after all, is the force that animates us, and as such is the ultimate overseer of whatever happens to the world and to its creatures. This comes through very clearly in today’s lesson from Isaiah, where the prophet reminds us that even if Cyrus didn’t know the God of Israel, it was this God who was in charge! More
God, after all, is the force that animates us, and as such is the ultimate overseer of whatever happens to the world and to its creatures. This comes through very clearly in today’s lesson from Isaiah, where the prophet reminds us that even if Cyrus didn’t know the God of Israel, it was this God who was in charge! More
Forgiving ourselves
When Jesus says that the kingdom of heaven is like a generous king, I initially like the idea very much. I imagine that the king is God and hope this God will generously forgive my debts, my transgressions… But then if I’m the slave whose debt is forgiven, I have to face my own meanness of spirit—my inability to pardon even the smallest debt from a fellow servant although I have just been granted enormous generosity. And where did God’s initial mercy go? Did the king-God decide that my sinfulness is so great that I do not deserve any more generosity but rather to be tortured? It’s a hard lesson to take. How can I apply this to my own life and come out a better person on the other side? More
When Jesus says that the kingdom of heaven is like a generous king, I initially like the idea very much. I imagine that the king is God and hope this God will generously forgive my debts, my transgressions… But then if I’m the slave whose debt is forgiven, I have to face my own meanness of spirit—my inability to pardon even the smallest debt from a fellow servant although I have just been granted enormous generosity. And where did God’s initial mercy go? Did the king-God decide that my sinfulness is so great that I do not deserve any more generosity but rather to be tortured? It’s a hard lesson to take. How can I apply this to my own life and come out a better person on the other side? More
Hidden Stories
The Reverend Patricia Catalano August 23, 2020 Proper 16 When Jesus came into the district of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that the Son … More
The Reverend Patricia Catalano August 23, 2020 Proper 16 When Jesus came into the district of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that the Son … More
On the Occasion of Our Nation’s 244th Birthday
The United States of America will be 244 years old on Saturday. I ask you, how are we going to celebrate? We cannot waste this moment of righteous anger; we cannot waste the energy that is moving people to protest and to do the work needed to change a status quo that is hurting many— in particular, people of color. More
The United States of America will be 244 years old on Saturday. I ask you, how are we going to celebrate? We cannot waste this moment of righteous anger; we cannot waste the energy that is moving people to protest and to do the work needed to change a status quo that is hurting many— in particular, people of color. More
A Prophet’s Fate
The word for prophet in Hebrew is navi, which means to be called. Therefore, a prophet is not someone who sees or tells the future… A prophet is someone who speaks on behalf of God or of a higher Truth to the people in his or her life, in their context and about their current situation. A prophet’s life is not easy. From the moment he was called by God, and to the end of his career as a prophet, Jeremiah was vituperated, railed against for being unfaithful and even traitorous to the king. He was thrown in jail, and sadly, eventually and, despite it all, proven right! More
The word for prophet in Hebrew is navi, which means to be called. Therefore, a prophet is not someone who sees or tells the future… A prophet is someone who speaks on behalf of God or of a higher Truth to the people in his or her life, in their context and about their current situation. A prophet’s life is not easy. From the moment he was called by God, and to the end of his career as a prophet, Jeremiah was vituperated, railed against for being unfaithful and even traitorous to the king. He was thrown in jail, and sadly, eventually and, despite it all, proven right! More