Jesus spent a "long time" in the wilderness. What is his next move? Luke tells us his next stop is his home town. Jesus figures out who...

We are leaping from our study of #stories in the Hebrew Bible to studying some of the stories of #Jesus. This week we take up Jesus in...

Last week we took a glance at the Hebrew people trying to settle into the Promised Land under the perceived leadership of God with the...

One set of stories from the Bible includes an early kind of leader called a "judge." The stories of the judges are remembered and told in...

On Sunday we will hear a message from Mark Hayes. Mark has been at Saint James for a number of years and has served as the Chair of...

Moses was minding his own business (really his father-in-law's business) which was tending sheep. Nothing about Moses would give him a...

In our story there is a repeated call to see our meaning and purpose. Even as we are called and sent, there is an underlying meaning to...

The second story has three major characters and a minor one. Adam, Eve, and God play the lead roles and the serpent plays a minor one. It...

The Bible is full of stories that are meant to give us hope, teach us who we are, and help us on the path to find meaning in life. We...

We have made it a tradition to celebrate Christmas Eve with an additional 11PM Eastern worship time. For a second year, we will do that...

Saint James is celebrating Christmas Eve online and carefully in-person. We will shorten our worship, wear our masks, and keep the doors...

So what about when you're expecting a place to land when you're in a strange place and that is not what happens? What can we learn from a...

Neither Mary nor Joseph appears on face value to be other than a simple first century peasant. That is not the end of the story. What is...

The shepherds are doing what shepherds do: shepherding. Suddenly, angels appear in the sky and announce a new birth. What can you expect...

This year we are switching it up. Normally we explore the magi who came from the East after Christmas. This year they are beginning the...

In the end, faith, a relationship, has practical and practicable skills. We close out the #faith series with a reminder that the...

Jesus goes to eat at the home a religious leader. While he is eating there, a woman comes in to wash his feet and anoint him. The...

Sometimes I find myself wondering how to bounce back from living like I had no faith. Simon is well-acquainted with denying his faith....

Remember when cellphones came in bags that were difficult to consider truly “portable?” Now, cellphones fit in a pocket easily. Jesus...

Where is your table? Where do you go to be welcomed, accepted, loved, known, and transformed? God always has a place at the table for...