August 19, 2020 Scripture – Romans 10: 13-15 Theme: Paul describes why we need those who will proclaim the Gospel to others. When he does so, he adds that those who bring good news have “beautiful feet.” Wonder why he …
August 19, 2020 Scripture – Romans 10: 13-15 Theme: Paul describes why we need those who will proclaim the Gospel to others. When he does so, he adds that those who bring good news have “beautiful feet.” Wonder why he …
August 16, 2020 11th Sunday After Pentecost/20th Sunday in Ordinary Time Scripture – Matthew 15:21-28 There are many, many sides to Jesus Christ – healer, teacher, preacher, savior – just to name a few. However, this particular reading from the Scriptures shows us …
August 12, 2020 Scripture – Matthew 18: 21-22 Theme: Peter asked Jesus how often he should forgive someone. Jesus replied, “70 x 7.” But sometimes when we have to forgive someone, it is almost more than we can bear. Yet …
August 9, 2020 10th Sunday After Pentecost/19th Sunday in Ordinary Time Scripture readings – Matthew 14: 22-33 Throughout my childhood, we would often visit my great-aunt’s house near the University of Texas in Austin. Her house was an old house, where my great-aunt …
August 5, 2020 Scripture – Genesis 29: 15-30 In this Old Testament story, Jacob meets Rachel and falls in love with her. He works for Rachel’s father, Laban, for seven years to “earn” the right to marry her. But on …
August 2, 2020 9th Sunday After Pentecost/18th Sunday in Ordinary Time Scripture readings – Matthew 14: 13-21 When I was a poor college student, back in the 70’s, I lived in the same town as my beloved grandparents. I was often in need …
Wednesday, July 29, 2020 Scripture – Genesis 32: 22-31 This is one of the oddest stories in the entire Bible. Jacob is alone in the wilderness, he has taken his family to safety from his brother, Esau, and Jacob finds …
July 26, 2020 8th Sunday After Pentecost/17th Sunday in Ordinary Time Scripture readings – Matthew 13: 31-35, 44-54 In the somewhat jumbled readings for today, we get a whole list of parables from Jesus that he seemed to have delivered in a single …
July 22, 2020 Scripture – Psalm 105 If you read the verbs in Psalm 105 that are associated with what humans are supposed to do, they all sound really BUSY. If you read the verbs in the same Psalm that …