Tomorrow, May 30th is the day that the church celebrates Jesus' ascension. Matthew Bates argues "Although all the elements of the gospel...

A few weeks ago I was speaking with a young woman about her spiritual life. She mentioned that she had not been to church in a while. She...

The Psalm for this Sunday encourages all creation to praise God. "Praise the Lord from the heavens; praise him in the heights above....

Below is an essay I wrote for www.aplainaccount.com this week. Luke’s accounts of the Acts of the apostles tells the story of the early...

In John 21, Jesus asks Peter "Do you love me" three different times. Part of the reason for this is because it provides a parallel to the...

The Daily Office epistle reading for today was from Romans 10. It says: How, then, can they call on the one they have not believed in?...

On March 25, the older Christian traditions, (as well as some evangelicals who have rediscovered our Christian history), celebrated the...

“He will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear.” 1 Cor. 10:13. Perhaps no verse in all of the New Testament has caused more...

“Imitate me” Paul writes this as he admonishes the Christians in Philippi to press on toward the goal for the prize. He writes these...

"He was famished," Luke 4:2. From time to time we will say, “I’m starving” as an expression for how great our hunger is. Typically this...

This coming Sunday is transfiguration Sunday, a day we celebrate Jesus' transfiguration. The "transfiguration" is an incredibly churchy...

Luke 6:27 "But I say to you that listen, Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, 28 bless those who curse you, pray for those...

“I will make you Fishers of men, fishers of men if you follow me.” I sang that song hundreds of times growing up in the church. It puts...

The gospel reading for this Sunday comes from Luke 4:21-30. In this passage Jesus has just read from Isaiah in his home synagogue. He has...

“When he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up, he went to the synagogue on the sabbath day, as was his custom. “ Luke 4:16 We...

This Sunday we will beginning a series of sermons based on the Corinthian Correspondence of Paul. The majority of the sermons will be...

This coming Sunday we will be reading three of the lectionary passages. The one that we won’t be reading, however, is the short reading...

The first Sunday in 2019 is also the first Sunday in Epiphany. Epiphany is the third season in the Church Calendar  and it follows...