God’s Latest Resurrection
Though it seems that many Western Christians are obsessed with believing the “right” things, “saying the right formula”, I am not so sure God cares what we say–cares if we have all our doctrines right....
A Disappointing God
This is not new—God consistently disappoints us—mostly because, at heart, we are more interested in what we want God to be than in who God is. We do a marvelous job of projecting our own...
Local Wheat Fields
One of the persistent questions of Christianity has to do with the meaning of the death of Jesus of Nazareth, Jesus, Son of God. A common question, though maybe not among Episcopalians, is “do you...
Holy People, Holy Places
This morning we encounter a Jesus who probably shakes all our ideas of him. No gentle Jesus meek and mild here-instead a table turning, whip wielding, people turfing, angry man. Why? What could drive this...
A Miracle for Non-Heroes
One of the things I always do upon hearing a Gospel story, is try to put myself in it. That can be spiritually productive. But sometimes, it is just another opportunity to become anxious. So...
Who do you say I am?
In what was likely something of an unusual occurrence, this morning we have Jesus asking the disciples a question: who do people say I am? Who knows what the scene actually looked like, but I...
Love’s Light
There are a few different theories as to why Christians celebrate Christmas on Dec. 25. But whichever theory you buy–that it actually was about the time Jesus would have been born or that early Christians...
Looking for the Light
Christian hope is not pie-in-the-sky, reality denying hope—it is instead knowing deep in our bones, that, evidence to the contrary, God is working in the world and God’s dream for the world will be fulfilled...
The Company of Saints
Today, All Saints Sunday, we remember our family, all the Saints of God, those who show the works and ways of a God who is full of surprises. Because, though Hollywood probably wouldn’t shoot it...
Created for Love
Nowhere in Genesis does it say that humans are the greatest thing ever. Yes God looks at humans along with the creeping things and cattle and says “this is very good”, but God does not...