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Our readings this week touch upon many important subjects. When read together I am challenged that the decision to follow, to be obedient, begins for us with a decision to step out, often into a place of discomfort or vulnerability, but to actually get started with the living of our faith before we are sure of everything. (Third Sunday after Pentecost. Proper 6 [11]. Genesis 18:1-15, 21:1-7; Psalm 116:1-2, 12-19 [or Exodus 19:2-8a; Psalm 100]; Romans 5:1-8; and Matthew 9:35-1

And so we begin the Season after Pentecost by returning to the story of the call of the disciple Matthew. But our gospel and other texts (Proper 5 [10], Genesis 12:1-9; Psalm 33:1-12; Romans 4:13-25: and Matthew 9:9-13, 18-26) speaks to an already radical and rather inconvenient gospel message – that the life giving truth is being shared with those who are dubious, that Jesus enjoys the company of those on the edge of proper society, and that membership is simply to know and

Speaking of God as three yet one, if nothing else, should lead us into humility, wonder, and curiosity! At the very heart of the Divine is mystery, relationship, and movement. The church has worked very hard on the doctrine of the Trinity and wonderful work continues to be done. But we should be humble and cautious enough to know that whatever we think we know, whatever glorious or mechanistic metaphors we put forward, they are but fleeting shadows of the power and vibrant na

It is of utmost comfort and humbling challenge that Jesus prayed for his disciples, including us, before he gave himself over to death. He prayed three things for his disciples before he left them (and therefore for us too): for their protection; that they would know union with his father as he did; and that in the fullness of time they would go where he was going. (John 17:1-11) Sentence: “And now I am no longer in the world, but they are in the world, and I am coming to you

We talk about love a lot but often as though it is only a feeling. We may find it helpful to think about love as an ethic that guides our actions and thoughts as well as our feelings. (John 14:15-21) Sentence: ‘ “If you love me, you will keep my commandments.” ’ John 14:15 Collect: Gracious God, who by the power of love you brought the world in to being. We give you thanks that you have made yourself known in the love of Jesus for us and that you have called us to make thi

Jesus invites us to follow him by stepping out onto the Way. A way of living and loving that will heal us, change us and prepare us for our return to God in the fullness of time - The Way of Love. Sentence: “Jesus said to him, ‘I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.’ ” John 14:6 Collect: Gracious God, Source of all being, Lead us on the Way of Love that we may know ourselves and others Loved, forgiven and healed and that the j