At the heart of the gospel message is the mercy of Jesus. A merciful Messiah, who is our blood...

AUTUMN – September The Pastor’s Pen‘After a summer of discipleship through “binary challenges” (a call away from; … a...

Saint John continues our late-summer Gospel readings with Jesus feeding the ancient crowds with bread, and feeding us with...

Trinity Sunday is the great hinge between the two halves of the liturgical year: The incarnation of Christ, and...

Maybe our congregations perceive Pentecost as a one-time celebration of the Holy Spirit. While red is the color of...

I heard of a local mega-church that raised a “sunrise” colored billboard one year that said simply “Easter: April...

HOLY WEEK. For people who are accustomed to being at worship just once a week, the shift from once-weekly...

LENT. Some years the season of Lent becomes merely a six week narrative of following Jesus on his journey...

A novel that grabs and keeps our attention gradually reveals that which is not known. A novel, at each...

ADVENT is about the art of waiting. BUT … holiday decorations have been on the shelves in our “box...