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All Saints is that gift of a festival in which we can remember the saints of our tradition and give thanks for their continuing witness...

The story of Zacchaeus shimmying up a tree to better see Jesus and then having Jesus invite himself to a long lunch (Luke 19:1-10. Twenty...

One way of understanding the Christian spiritual growth journey is the unending stripping away of the layers of resistance, ego...

Most of us have been taught that the parable about the unjust judge and the persevering widow (Luke 18:1-14, Nineteenth Sunday after...

This story of the healing of the ten lepers and the one who says thank you to Jesus is so well known that we can miss the genius of the...

There is much in our outer world to lament, to fear, to regret. And there is much in our inner world to repent of, to let go of, and to...

The teaching about wealth and our proper relationship with wealth is relentless and provocative in Luke’s gospel. And this week’s...

Can the Jesus who told the beautiful encouraging parables about finding what and who is lost last week also be the author of this week’s...

The parables of Jesus about a God who seeks us out and rejoices over us is such a welcome relief after weeks of hard teachings. As always...

Like many of us I prefer the sayings of Jesus that are all about love and peace and joy, all about acceptance and inclusion. I like...

Our God given dignity makes us all equal in the eyes of God no matter what social order we may seek to enforce. Whenever we decide on who...

The prophetic voices of Jeremiah, Isaiah and Jesus continue to disturb and overturn what we think we know. (RCL Jeremiah 1:4-10; Psalm...