Forgoing congregational singing as a spiritual discipline
Season after Pentecost | 20th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year B)
Proverbs 9:1-6 (Psalm 34:9-14); Ephesians 5:15-20; John 6:51-58 | Semi-continuous first reading: 1 Kings 2:10-12; 3:3-14 (Psalm 111)
The church doesn’t always value people as God does. Not even Mary.
August 17, 2018
Communion is not the only time we seek Jesus like a hungry baby.
July 17, 2018
When Martin Luther wrote, "I have so much to do that I shall spend the first three hours in prayer," I don't imagine that he meant to squeeze another three hours of work and relationships into the hours that remained.
August 13, 2015
In our Gospel text, some of Jesus’ disciples find his teaching hard. Eating his body? Drinking his blood? I didn’t sign up for this. Couldn’t I just pray for you?
August 11, 2015
If Solomon were an older and more experienced ruler when God appears to him in his dream, I wonder if he would ask for wisdom.
August 4, 2015