Gospel: Matthew 10:24-39 Thirty years ago I was a junior at the University of South Alabama in Mobile, more than halfway toward finishing my undergraduate degree and just a few months away from getting married. At that point I still…
Old Testament: Genesis 18:1-15 One of my favorite parts of this morning’s reading from Genesis is one I think is often passed over. “[A]nd he stood by them under the tree while they ate.”[1] And he stood by them under…
Gospel: Matthew 9:9-13, 18-26 Follow me, and I will follow you. That’s not a verse in today’s reading from Matthew’s Gospel, but it’s very much how I find myself distilling these 14 verses: Follow me, and I will follow you.…
Gospel: Matthew 28:16-20 They were gathered on that Galilean mountain, there with Jesus: the 11 remaining disciples (Judas having already died) and perhaps others who’d followed them during the past three years. Aside from the disciples though no others are…
Gospel: Luke 24:13-35 The image you see on the cover of today’s service booklet is by the 18th century artist Arnold Houbraken. Entitled “Meal at Emmaus,” it captures the instant Jesus disappears after breaking the bread in front of his…