Prepare your hearts 2nd Sunday of Advent    John calls people to repent, to clear the decks, to completely reorder their lives so that nothing gets in the way of the Lord’s coming. The reading from Isaiah gives the context for this radical call:...

Come Lord and save us 1st Sunday of AdventStir up your power, and come! The psalmist’s plea in Psalm 80:2 has become familiar to us in the Advent prayers. Isaiah wants God to rip the heavens open. Both cry out for an apparently distant, angry God...

Seeing and Serving Jesus by Ministering to those in Need 25nd Sunday after PentecostOn this final Sunday of the church year our gospel is Jesus’ great story of judgment. In the end, the faithful are those who served Christ by ministering to those...

Use our gifts while we have time  24th Sunday after PentecostOur readings during November speak of the end times. Zephaniah proclaims that the coming day of the LORD will be filled with wrath and distress. Paul says it will come like a thief in the...

The Kingdom of God among us 23nd Sunday after PentecostToday the prophet Amos calls for justice to roll down like waters. Paul urges us to encourage one another with the promised coming of the Lord. Jesus tells the parable of the wise and foolish...

Do justice, love kindness, and walk humbly with our God 22nd Sunday after PentecostAll Saints celebrates the baptized people of God, living and dead, who are the body of Christ. As November heralds the dying of the landscape in many northern...

Freedom in Christ to live in everchanging world 21st Sunday after PentecostRooted in the past and growing into the future, the church must always be reformed in order to live out the love of Christ in an ever-changing world. We celebrate the good...

In Thanksgiving to our Creator 19th Sunday after PentecostIn Isaiah we are given a vision of the great feast to come, when God will wipe away death forever. In Jesus’ parable about a great banquet, those invited do not come, so the invitation is...

Responding to God's Love with Action 19th Sunday after PentecostIn Isaiah we are given a vision of the great feast to come, when God will wipe away death forever. In Jesus’ parable about a great banquet, those invited do not come, so the invitation...

Responding to God's Love with Action 18th Sunday after PentecostIIn today’s gospel reading, Jesus tells a vineyard parable, which serves as an image of Israel, the prophets’ mission, and Christ’s death. For Christians, the vineyard also speaks of...