This is the last official Sunday that is designated by an ordinal number “in Lent.” None of the past four Sundays, nor this one, counts...

9 How shall a young man cleanse his way? * By keeping to your words. 10 With my whole heart I seek you; * let me not stray from your...

1 Have mercy on me, O God, according to your loving-kindness; * in your great compassion blot out my offenses. 2 Wash me through and...

Now among those who went up to worship at the festival were some Greeks. They came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, and said...

Christ did not glorify himself in becoming a high priest, but was appointed by the one who said to him, “You are my Son, today I have...

The days are surely coming, says the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah. It will not...

Last Sunday here at the bus stop I told the riders that I had seen all the readings with new eyes. I saw things appear from the text that...

1 Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, * and his mercy endures for ever. 2 Let all those whom the Lord has redeemed proclaim * that...

Jesus said, “Just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, that whoever believes in him may...

You were dead through the trespasses and sins in which you once lived, following the course of this world, following the ruler of the...

From Mount Hor the Israelites set out by the way to the Red Sea, to go around the land of Edom; but the people became impatient on the...

In September 2001 my life changed. It happened soon after the events of September 11th but it was not those tragic events that changed my...

1 The heavens declare the glory of God, * and the firmament shows his handiwork. 2 One day tells its tale to another, * and one night...

The Passover of the Jews was near, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. In the temple he found people selling cattle, sheep, and doves, and...

The message about the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. For it is...

We are now beginning our twelfth day of forty in a symbolic period of time we call Lent. Last Sunday we found the symbolism in the...

When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord appeared to Abram, and said to him, “I am God Almighty; walk before me, and be blameless....

Today is one of those days where the length of the readings, the audience participation, and the solemnity of the reading leaves everyone...

We have reached the fifth Sunday of the Lenten period.  We are now 35-plus days towards 40 days of self-sacrifice, with next Sunday being...