This week we move into the New Testament with a story Jesus told about the table. Though the table may have become less central in our...

I am excited to begin our #Table series this Sunday. Saint James offers communion weekly, gathered around the table. Most folks spend...

Perhaps there is a lot to a name and maybe we are not all that different from one another. This week we take a look at Proverbs for...

There's inspiring poetry in the Hebrew Bible from sources other than the psalms: Song of Solomon. It is beautiful love poem; sometimes...

As I have spent the last five weeks reading the writings of Jeremiah, it seems to be beautiful poetry and prose, written from the heart....

What do we do when we reach the end of rational hopefulness? Hope is hard to come by at times. Jeremiah acts out his hope despite all...

Jeremiah stirred up the king last week. This week we're getting a glimpse of how he stirs up those folks in exile. Of course, they are...

Jeremiah dictates a scroll to be read in the Temple, offering a vision of the truth. When it is read to the king, he cuts it up and burns...

The prophets are masters of imagery and simple invitations to be more than we are. Jeremiah casts a vision of God's hand in our shaping....

One of the topics we visit again and again is call. Jeremiah has a sense of call that runs deep. This week we move to a hybrid model of...

So last week didn't go where I thought it was going earlier in the week; it was kind of like all of life. This week we are closing out...

We are moving ahead with Ephesians, this week to chapter 4. What is the life we are meant to live look like? Paul gives us a clear sense...

I miss the days when I could come up with catchy titles to my sermons; that being said, working through Ephesians has been a helpful and...

Why this letter of Paul? And who are these "Ephesians" to whom Paul is writing? This week we begin a series on a relatively short letter...

This Sunday is celebrated in many churches as Trinity Sunday; it is an opportunity to talk about the theology of our God who is...

Ezekiel was a prophet speaking his visions of God's life giving power. He spoke hope into a hopeless time. Can we hear echoes of our...

Jesus prays a beautiful prayer for us. He talks about to whom we belong. He talks passing along his word. And he talks about...

Have you ever "awakened" to realize there was more than you ever imagined? Perhaps it was a relationship that meant more than you...

Life happens in big and small ways. Last week we talked about Jesus handing on his mantle to us, all of us, as he did to Simon Peter in...

Are you starting to wonder if things will ever "get back to normal?" More likely, you have been wondering this for awhile. What are we...