Gospel: Luke 13:1-9 For those who have been part of our forum series on the Lucan parables, today’s Gospel reading will sound very familiar. During our discussion on this passage we struggled with the difficulties in the text: murder, dying…
Old Testament: Genesis 15:1-12, 17-18 Looking at this morning’s passage from Genesis, one thing is abundantly clear: Abram was a man with questions. I think it’s fair to say he was a man experiencing doubt. In and of itself, that’s…
Gospel: Luke 4:1-13 If you are the Son of God, command this stone to become a loaf of bread.[1] If you, then, will worship me, it will all be yours.[2] If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down…
Gospel: Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21 Ash Wednesday presents us with a great paradoxical moment, one when we publicly mark ourselves with ashes even as we hear an admonition from Jesus to pray in secret and not visibly like the hypocrites. Over…
Gospel: Luke 9:28-36 The time spent recovering from an illness certainly offers opportunities for a fresh perspective on things. Daily activities that seemed mundane are suddenly missed. Things that were done easily and almost without thinking now require much more…