"This is often where doubt begins for us as well isn't it? Something happens and we believe God would act in a certain way at a certain time, and when that doesn't happen, we're disappointed. And we doubt. We doubt what we believe to be true ab...

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Advent I

"Because of his great resurrection, not his death... we know will be accepted into life eternal. That is the promise of Christ the King. Not death, but life."

"Isn't that a beautiful image? All of us, those who came before us, we ourselves, and those to come, do and will continue to live in God's heart."

"The early church called everyone who had faith in Jesus a saint. And so today's celebration is not just about those christians whose names have been added to a calendar, it's for all of the faithful in every generation, past, present , and yet...

"In other words, this parable is for everybody...this is the lesson we need when we are tempted to believe that we are better, that we are favored, that we are good in a way that others are not."

"The all too familiar tension between the powerful and the powerless... is where Jesus shows us the true nature of God - by showing us what God is not." 

Guest Preacher. President & CEO of Episcopal Relief & Development

"When we have built our self worth and relationship to God around things we do as opposed to what god has done for us... this can lead us to a very dark place indeed." 

"The purchase of a field isn’t about practicality. It isn’t about sound financial judgment. The purchase is about hope. Reckless, optimistic hope."

"Lament is grief expressed. Sometimes it is at or to God, sometimes it is about the world and its injustices. Lamenting a loss or a grievance can be a powerful tool for mending a broken heart... Our God is big enough to handle our grief, especi...

"You don't have to be 'out there' to be lost. Lost-ness is part of a life of faith. It happens to everyone."

"Jesus wants us to know that discipleship is hard, that it has a cost. But, importantly, discipleship is available to EVERYONE."

"And yet, despite knowing how all these prophets will respond God keeps calling them. God continues to call people who not only have a deep love for God, but also who have a strong, healthy sense of humility, because none of us can do anything ...

"We are participants in God's world and we are participants in making it right. Making a world in which everyone is valued, has what they need for thriving, not just a few, not even several, but all."

"In the story of our scriptures we can see a religious community grappling with itself, with current events, and with how it wants to respond in faithfulness to God."

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"We teach this prayer to our kids, stitch it onto pillows, and whisper it to ourselves in troubling times. But do we really appreciate what we're asking for when we pray it? This prayer is a gift of comfort as many prayers we know by heart are....

"Mary and Martha were women to be reckoned with. And the way this gospel story unfolds, we the readers seem to be forced to pit these two formidable women at odds with each other...but when we read it carefully, the text does not support this d...

"Over and over in Luke, Jesus shows us that the way we live into a right relationship with God – the way we justify ourselves, as the lawyer says – is by how we live into a right relationship with, and how we treat our neighbor."

"This peace that the apostles practice is a way of being. It's an attitude of hospitality that yearns for but does not expect or necessitate reciprocation."

"As Christians, we are called to have concern and care for everyone who has ever felt excluded - like an outsider - because Jesus had concern and care for everyone - especially the excluded and the outsider."