Category: Sunday Worship

This week, I’ve been paying attention to the sights outside my window. Even though I’ve found it too cold for a long walk, I’ve been blessed to witness a family of deer taking refuge in my backyard. I’ve watched a rabbit sit still on top of the ice with its fur keeping it warm. I’ve…

Early in the Gospel story, Jesus withdraws to Galilee and makes his home in Capernaum. Matthew is keen to point out that Jesus is in the territory of Zebulun and Naphtali, in fulfillment of the scriptures. The Book of Isaiah tells of a people who sat in darkness who have seen the light dawn upon…

What are you looking for? What are you seeking? In the Gospel of John Jesus asks the disciples a probing and introspective question. I wonder how they perceived it. Did they think about how they wished Israel could overthrow the Roman occupation? Did they imagine Jesus leading the charge? Did they want Israel’s greatness to…

For the past two years, I can say truly that it has been a joy to gather with you in this space – to praise God together, to welcome the morning light, to be reminded as a community of the call to discipleship that we each share. And now it’s almost the end of summer,…

It doesn’t happen very often anymore, but there are some mornings in our house when Walker and Arthur are awake, and they are both joyful and filled with wonder. Right from the beginning they are quiet and still marveling at the sunlight shining through the windows. They are peaceful, cuddling on the couch with Amy…

Yesterday was a beautiful day. The weather is typical for summer – hot, but not unbelievably so. It’s what you would want to picture if you were asked in the middle of winter or spring to anticipate this lovely season. Amy and I took Walker and Arthur to the C&O Canal to walk along the…

Jesus is asked by the disciples to teach them to pray. And he responds, with a word so brief we might miss it, with a challenge more piercing than we are prepared to face, “When you pray…”  When. Not if you pray, not if you believe in the power of prayer, not if you can…

What is it you have wanted to do with your time, your talents, your passions, your treasure? Maybe you are like Martha. Your calling, your vocation, has been to serve others in a way that is practical, necessary, culturally acceptable, and commendable, even by Jesus himself, when he declares in the Gospel that “the greatest…

Six years ago today, at 10:09pm, the Baltimore Sun published a day of articles[i] about announced immigration raids in the Baltimore area. The subject centered on Governor Larry Hogan’s hesitance on taking a position on the contentious issue. Our governor at the time, a centrist Republican, had been successful in demonstrating support and concern for…

If you’re like me, then you can have no trouble imagining all kinds of people with whom you would not want to spend any time. You can imagine individuals who have hurt you, who have offended you, who have insulted you. You can even imagine entire groups of people, people you do not know, people…