What Belongs to God; Twenty-First Sunday after Pentecost
“And then comes the more challenging part; then we’re called to give to God what is God’s. If the coin bears Caesar’s image, what bears God’s image? I do. And […]
Interrogating the Parable; Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost
“If you are challenged or confused or even downright appalled by this story, you’re in good company. On a surface level, it doesn’t make much sense, besides being violent and […]
The Rich Man and St. Francis: Two Paths; The Feast of St. Francis
“These two paths are laid out before us, every day. We have to get up and choose, again and again, which way to live – will we try to feel […]
To Quench our Thirsty Souls; Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost, Fourth Sunday of Creationtide
“Have you ever been deeply thirsty? Maybe you’ve been on a hike that stretched longer than planned or were travelling and didn’t know where to find safe drinking water, and […]
Grace at Work; Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost
“In a culture obsessed with output, production, and earning our keep, Jesus offers a kingdom built entirely on grace. Looking at the uncomfortable parable of the generous landowner (Matthew 20:1–16), […]
Practicing Forgiveness; Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost
“Hinton forgave the people whose hatred and malice and contempt imprisoned him for three decades, the people whose apathy or callous disregard for his life kept him there needlessly, not […]
Loving our Neighbors in Creation; Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost
“We belong to one another, Wendell Berry taught – not only to our human neighbors in our town or city or country, but we belong to the sequoias and the […]
A Life of Ministry through Music: Peter Sammel’s Retirement; Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost
“This faithful following of a call for God’s service has helped shape a community of welcome, openness, inclusion, experimentation, and joy. This is the legacy you leave us, Peter.” –The […]
Acting from True Power; Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost
“Power (according to Nieto and Boyer) is that spark of the holy within that allows us to draw on true strength, grace, resilience, peace, healing, or courage. When we move […]
Is the “Good News” good enough yet?; Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost
Jesus’s encounter with the Canaanite mother invites us to cross boundaries of difference, and expand our understanding of the Gospel’s scope and promise. Who is the Good News for? Is […]