Second Sunday after Christmas1/4/2025, based on 2014 Matthew 2:13-15, 19-23 For many of us, Christmas is a time for traveling. Whether we travel to our relatives or they come to us, being together seems to be part of the season. Likewise, the stories we hear this season also involve travels. Mary and Joseph journey to Bethlehem, to be recorded in the census. After the birth of Christ, the shepherds and the Wise Men visited Jesus. And after the Magi's visit, Mary, Joseph, and

First Sunday of Advent 11/30/2025 Year A, RCL Isaiah 2:1-5Psalm 122Romans 13:11-14Matthew 24:36-44 Isaiah talks of a place where all people and nations will stream to it. He calls this place the mountain of the LORD, the house of God. People will go to it to learn God’s ways so that we can walk in the path of God. Notice that Isaiah moves from speaking about all people to us as individuals. In this place, God will judge between nations and arbitrate for people. And if we read

Sunday, September 7, 2025, Proper 18, Year C, RCL, Track 2 Deuteronomy 30:15-20, Psalm 1, Philemon 1-21, Luke 14:25-33 Guardian Angel...

There are views of God, in which God is portrayed in rather ugly ways. As such, we shouldn’t throw out the baby with the bathwater, so to speak. There is wisdom within this writing, even if we don’t like the portrait of God that we find within.

Good FridayAll Years, RCL 4/18/2025 John 18:1-19:42 A group of young men always appears to be up to no good. They mouth off to the...

Fifth Sunday after EpiphanyYear C, RCL Isaiah 6:1-13, Psalm 1381, Corinthians 15:1-11, Luke 5:1-11 Isaiah Lips by Richard McBee 1995...