Seventh Sunday after Pentecost, July 12, 2026
For a lot of us, as 21st century urban dwellers, this imagery and parable language of planting seeds and rocky soil and weeds and harvesting may sometimes be kind of
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God's messenger, John the Baptizer, didn't quite look the way or sound the way many people expected a prophet to look, behave and talk. Jesus, Son of God, "hung out"
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These three words, " Receive, Give, Reward" can together sound very transactional. They can put us in mind deals and negotiations and bargaining towards profit, the standard stuff of the
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Jesus is preparing disciples for serving in the role of apostles. He is teaching them about the distinct difference between being students / followers, to becoming the ones sent out
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The social, religious, and even political climate Jesus was experiencing was a time of tremendous change. Lots of things were shifting, being challenged and changing. It seems that everywhere he
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Instead of separating himself from “tax collectors and sinners” like many religious leaders have, Jesus comes to dinner, sharing a meal but even more we notice that Jesus has been
Continue readingHoly Trinity, First Sunday after Pentecost, May 31, 2026
We need to be really clear in remembering that the first group of disciples were a lot like we are, we are a lot like them. They walked with Jesus,
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Fifty Days after His resurrection, Jesus' followers were altogether in one place. Together they experienced the outpouring of the Holy Spirit in ways so dynamic that the evidence was "undeniable".
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There was something about the way Jesus prayed that drew the disciples to ask him, "Lord teach us to pray." Jesus teaches them a manner of praying that first acknowledges,
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"When you start with the God of Love, justice is never very far behind". This quote from Rev. Dr. Emilie Townes reminds us that the ways of Jesus are so
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