Rejoice with those who rejoice
April 6, 2025
Lent V (April 6, 2025) Who are people with whom you can share your joy and happiness? In our world of work, school, activities and even...
When Fairness isn’t enough
March 30, 2025
Lent IV (March 30, 2025) We know well the look of the older brother in the painting. His whole body shouts: “It’s not...
Life Together: Outsiders and Insiders
March 23, 2025
Lent 3 (March 23, 2025) Life Together — our Lenten theme — sounds great, but what about the times we found ourselves as an...
Life Together in the Face of Death
March 16, 2025
Lent 2 (March 16, 2025) Naomi, Ruth and Orpah are three women who are grieving (Ruth 1). The deaths they have encountered force them to...
Two Truths and a Lie
March 9, 2025
Lent 1 (March 9, 2025) Two truths and a lie – a game we’ve probably all played. Today, the devil plays a far higher stakes...
Eat Less Fear; Behold More Glory
March 2, 2025
Transfiguration 2025 (March 2) Eat Less Fear; Behold More Glory We eat a LOT of fear in daily lives. This works disease in our souls,...
Love Your Enemies: An Impossibility?
February 23, 2025
February 23, 2025 “Love your enemies… Turn the other cheek.” (Luke 6) Does Jesus know how the world works? Turns...
The God who calls us
February 9, 2025
February 9, 2025 Jesus calls Peter and his fellow fishermen to push out their boat a little and then cast their nets into the deep. In the...
Where is the love that is patient and kind?
February 2, 2025
February 2, 2025 Love is patient and love is kind. Yet the people want to throw Jesus off a cliff (Luke 4:18-30)! Where is the love? ...
THE Inauguration Speech
January 26, 2025
3 Epiphany (Sunday, January 26, 2025) Today we hear Jesus’ inauguration speech as he gives his first sermon (Luke 4:11-21). In this...
Confirming God is the God who turns Water into Wine
January 19, 2025
January 19, 2025 Today St. Paul celebrates the confirmation of five adults. (Confirmation is a public affirmation by a teen or adult of...
What do we tell the next generation about God?
January 12, 2025
January 12, 2025 (Baptism of Jesus) Today we have a special event at St. Paul — the Baptism of five youth/older children. It gives us...
S.T.A.R. Goals
January 5, 2025
Christmas II/Epiphany (January 5, 2025) What are your resolutions, dreams and goals for 2025? Are they about your star rising or orienting...
Christmas Eve 2024: Time flies!
December 25, 2024
Christmas Eve 2024 How do you measure time? Luke’s Gospel offers us a number of ways By who is in power By months of pregnancy By...
People of the Promise: John
December 22, 2024
Advent 4 (Dec 22, 2024) In countless Christmas movies, the plot remains the same: Something has jeopardized Christmas. If the...
People of the Promise: Elizabeth
December 15, 2024
Advent 3 (December 15, 2024) There are no “small” roles! When Elizabeth discovers that Mary is pregnant with Jesus, Elizabeth...
People of the Promise: Mary
December 8, 2024
Advent 2 (Dec 8, 2024) Pastor Rob begins his sermon by admitting that he has an obsession with correctly loading the dishes. It turns out...
Easter Eggs for Advent
December 1, 2024
Advent 1 (December 1, 2024) Did you know that Barbie was launched on March 9, 1959? It turns out that the makers of the Barbie movie made...
Power of Love or Love of Power?
November 24, 2024
Christ the King Sunday (Nov 24, 2024) The Love of Power or the Power of Love? The trial scene of Jesus before Pilate has two witnesses, one...
Hopeful Endurance
November 17, 2024
November 17, 2024 Often in life, the things we build fall apart. Even big and glorious things — like the ancient temple in...
Giving as Obedience and Defiance
November 10, 2024
November 10, 2024 Jesus praises a poor widow for giving two small coins to the temple treasury. In itself, this is a powerful story of...