Abiding in Hope

Sometimes it seems that we live—and die—by numbers. Especially when it comes to our health or our status. For instance, health: think about ...

Matthew 5:1-12 O God, You bless us in every moment,  and uphold us by the strength of your Love: hear our prayer, for our hope is in You. B...

Blessed Jesus, you call us to leave behind our boats and follow you: let us leave behind the boat of tribalism to step out onto the shore of...

Psalm 27:1, 5-13 Into your courts, O Most Holy, we come bearing our weights and burdens, to cross the threshold and breathe in the cool air...

The season of Epiphany is about the dawn of comprehension and understanding as to who Jesus is in terms of his role as Messiah and Savior, a...

John 1:29-42 In this coming Sunday’s Gospel reading, Jesus is referred to twice by his cousin John as the “Lamb of God.” The first time John...

We think we know the story. We’ve heard it a thousand times, a mash-up from the gospels of Matthew and Luke and the imaginings of a dozen Ch...

We know now    the night sky as ancient record-    the ages and eons required for the light of each star to fall on our eyes. If we look up....

Come to the place where every breath is praise, And God is breathing through each passing breeze. Be planted by the waterside and raise Your...

For all those in the midst of a travel meltdown Beloved Savior, we come before you seeking your grace and compassion this day: we long for ...

That gospel story we just heard cannot be surpassed. In it we have faithfulness, tenderness, awe, wonder, probably a little fear, relief, pr...

Mary is waiting,     every new ache       ironically raising a stir of hope. Joseph is waiting,    wide awake       to keep those crazy drea...

Matthew 1:18-25 No, that was another Joseph. I am not the one in many-colored coat, braggart boy, Daddy’s pet who told his brothers they’d g...

The Christian liturgical calendar has two seasons of preparation: Advent and Lent. In the early Church, Advent was actually longer—from St. ...