Little More to Say
Proper 28: Old Testament, Malachi 4:1-6 Malachi 4:1-6 The final chapter of our Old Testament begins in a blaze. Read just the first verse. My brief comments focus on that very beginning of...
Blessed
All Saints (Observed): Gospel, Matthew 5:1-12 Matthew 5:1-12 Blessed. It’s a word found myriads of times throughout the Scriptures. We tend to look at it mostly from the perspective of happiness. If...
But I Can't Sing A Lick
All Saints (Observed): Psalm, Psalm 149 Psalm 149 If there is an anxiety in the people of God about heaven I think this may be it: people are concerned that they aren’t good singers. And heaven is portrayed as a...
Salvation Is Big
All Saints (Observed): First Reading, Revelation 7:9-17 Revelation 7:9-17 The language that John, the beloved, uses at the beginning of chapter seven rings with the depth of so much of what he attempts to write elsewhere. Remember, this is the Revelation of Jesus...
Tantrums
Reformation: Gospel, Matthew 11:12-19 Matthew 11:12-19 If you have ever spent any amount of time around young children, you will understand that “getting their...
100,000 Times
Reformation: Epistle, Romans 3:19-28 Romans 3:19-28 The epistle text for Reformation Sunday screams to me that I must share a story. A personal story that marks how I...
Heavenly Herald
Reformation: First Reading, Revelation 14:6-7 Revelation 14:6-7 The Book of Revelation is about Jesus Christ. And by the fourteenth chapter we are well into that era known by the tag “the Tribulation.” The...
"Finish Line Faith"
Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost: Epistle, 2 Timothy 4:6-8, 16-18 2 Timothy 4:6-8, 16-18 There is no ending to our faith in the sense that it connects us to our Eternal God and His work of securing for us eternal life in His...
In Us All
Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost: Old Testament, Genesis 4:1-15 Genesis 4:1-15 It doesn’t take long. Mankind falls and fails miserably, and that in an ideal environment. So much for the environment vs. genetics debate. But this problem, on...
Expectation
Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost: Gospel, Luke 18:1-8 Luke 18:1-8 Incessant prayer to a righteous God who directs us to pray always bears fruit. And yet, in order to move us toward that confidence, Jesus...
