On the heels of Jesus’ interaction with the rich young man, he sees the crowd looking on and continues the teaching moment.  In fact last we...

  Holy Matrimony was instituted and blessed by God.   It’s his invention, his creation.   In marriage, therefore, it is God who joins togeth...

 Mark 9:30–37  “The Greatest” Muhammed Ali, a championship boxer, was famed for his trash-talk.  Besides claiming to “float like a butterfly...

  Mark 7:31–37 “Ephatha!” Only a few times in the New Testament do we get to hear the actual words of Jesus in the Aramaic language.   I...

  John 6:51–69 “Hard to Believe” Today’s Gospel reading shows us a striking moment in the life and ministry of Jesus.   Contrary to what...

  Ephesians 4:17-5:2  “Off With the Old, On With the New!” It’s getting to be that time of year again when kids go back to school, and as we...

  Mark 6:45-52 “He Walks On Water” “Oh, he thinks he walks on water!”   It’s become one of those cultural euphemisms for people who thin...

Mark 6:1–13 “The Preaching of Repentance” What a wonderful day it is for Messiah to celebrate the arrival and installation of our first ...