Pentecost 26 Mark 13:1-13 “Saved in the End” You see this fancy temple? It's toast. You see these tall pillars? They're coming dow...

  On one level, today’s reading is very simple.   Jesus teaches us to beware of the scribes, but commends a poor widow.   These two couldn’t...

  The readings for All Saints day remind us, in various ways, of our identity as the people of God.   Even though we are all sinners, yet we...

  This Reformation Day we take a closer look at the appointed Psalm for the day, Psalm 46.   “God is our refuge and strength.” “The God of J...

  Today's Gospel reading follows immediately after last week's, when Jesus lovingly tried to call the rich young man to repentance. ...

  One of those little aphorisms they taught us at seminary was something like this, “ministry happens in the interruptions.”   In other word...

  Our congregation has, for many years, observed an annual “life Sunday.”   Of course, we teach, as the Bible does, that life is precious an...

  And war broke out in heaven.... We know of war. We hear of wars and rumors of wars. Hezbollah, Hamas and Israel.   Ukraine and Russia.  ...

  Today we examine, through our readings, the Christian teaching of humility.   It’s a value we share, at least to some extent, with the sec...