All posts tagged Luke
Fifty Days of Easter
Our contemporary North American celebration of many traditional Christian feasts such as Christmas or Easter has grown increasingly commercialized and secularized. Christmas and Easter decorations usually appear in stores many …
The Lost and Found Department – a k a. Reconciliation
When we began the Lenten season on Ash Wednesday we read the same part of the second letter to the Corinthians we hear today, ‘We are ambassadors for Christ. It …
World Marriage Day….and if Peter the Fisherman had Written Ephesians
Sometimes a calling is rather crisp. We can name the moment. In Matthew and Mark the calling of the apostles is that way. They follow Jesus’ invitation leaving family and …
In the Mud of the Jordan We Meet the Beloved
The feast of Our Lord’s Baptism concludes the Christmas Season, so our readings are still viewed through the lens of Jesus’ birth. In the gospel reading John the Baptist says …
A Subtle Gospel for a Subtle Mystery: Family Life
A family is like the bows on the wreaths we see in church these Christmas days. Each bow is one piece of ribbon, but each end bends and curves, gets …
Go In Haste
The person who should be preaching this Sunday should be a pregnant woman. Only she could grasp the dynamics of the visit of Mary to Elizabeth. These two chosen and …
Comfort and Joy
It’s nearing the end of the year and already there are lists and predictions about the greatest news story, celebrity, victory, tragedy, or inspiration of 2012. It’s a good way …






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