Sunday we celebrate both Epiphany, when the wise men find and worship the child Jesus, and the baptism of our Lord, which is when Jesus begins his mission and ministry. The wise men undertake a perilous journey to find the one who is born King of the Jews. It...
Sunday we celebrate Christ the King. In contemporary Christianity, we understand the allusions to Christ as the King, but don’t know how to bring this into our everyday life. We have no kings, and those we know about are more figureheads than powerful monarchs. The...
The parable of the stewards is one of the most challenging to the church and to Christians. It reveals who is faithful and who is not. All of us have been on both sides of this equation—sometimes acting in great faith and at other times allowing fear to take over. ...
In an attempt to derail Jesus’ mission and ministry, the Pharisees and Sadducees ask him a number of questions as they try to trick him. Their attempts fail, but the questions and the answers Jesus gives are filled with ideas and insights into our life and faith. It...
Jesus’ parable about the caretakers of the vineyard draws our attention to our role, as Christians, while we are here on earth. Although we need to be caretakers of our planet, Sunday’s messages are not about the environment or global warming. We should be...
What is Jesus trying to show us? Everything he does and says leaves clues to both life and faith. In Matthew 14 we hear an interesting comment by the writer, who says Jesus went off to pray and was alone. What happens when we are alone? Jesus is revealing one of the...
