The Beatitudes
Matthew 5: 1-12 (November 5, 2023, All Saints Sunday) Matthew’s Focus We shouldn’t think of the Gospels as being like […]
Transformation and Wholeness
Whose Image?
Matthew 22: 15-22 (October 22, 2023) I watch a lot of animal rescue videos, especially from an organization called Hope
The Wedding Banquet
Matthew 22: 1-14 (October 15, 2023) I mentioned last week that we were beginning a series of texts where Jesus
The Parable of the Vineyard
Matthew 21:33-46 (Sunday, October 8, 2023) I’ve rented more than one home in my life. For a period of time
There’s no “Right” to not be Offended
I fear we’ve normalized the expectation that we have a right to never be offended. Human life – being a
Can You Meet God in Your Dreams?
For God does speak—now one way, now another—though no one perceives it. In a dream, in a vision of the