Jesus tells us that it's not what goes into our mouths that will cause us problems but what comes out of our hearts. How do we know what's coming out of our hearts? Well, we can listen to what we say about how we think we should act, but watching what we do is a much better indicator.… Read the rest “Offering Meditation for Proper B21 – 29-Sep-24”
Today, I want you to think of something that distracts you, something that keeps your attention on it so that you spend too much time with it and probably don't do other things that you should be doing.… Read the rest “Children’s Moment (Gospel) for Proper B21 – 29-Sep-24”
In the gospel passage for today, Jesus tells us that if our eye or hand causes us to sin, we're better off without them. Of course, we know it's not really our hand or eye that causes us to sin, but the false desires that come out of our heart.… Read the rest “Table Meditation (Gospel) for Proper B21 – 29-Sep-24”
Being a "servant of all" seems like a lot of work. Is it even possible? Not by ourselves alone. But one of the things that the Church as a whole can do is combine our abilities, our time, and our financial resources to make it possible.… Read the rest “Offering Meditation for Proper 20B – 22-Sep-24”
One day when Jesus was meeting with his disciples, he took a little child whom he placed among them. Taking the child in his arms, he said to them, “Whoever welcomes one of these little children in my name welcomes me."… Read the rest “Children’s Moment (Gospel) for Proper B20 – 22-Sep-24”
“Whoever wants to be first must be last of all and servant of all.”, Jesus says in our gospel reading for today from Mark. Most often, we remember that statement from John, as he washed the Disciples feet.… Read the rest “Table Meditation (Gospel) for Proper B20 – 22-Sep-24”
People don't usually come out and ask the question like Jesus did: "Who do you say I am?" But they are wondering who we think Jesus is? What we do and how we do it tells them more about who we think Jesus is than what we say, as important as what we say is.… Read the rest “Offering Meditation for Proper 19B – 15-Sep-24”
When you're trying to describe someone to another person, what kinds of things do you say about them? [Wait for answers]
In our gospel story for today, Jesus is talking with the disciples and he first asks, "Who do other people say that I am?"… Read the rest “Children’s Moment for Proper 19B – 15-Sep-24”
"Who do you say that I am?" Jesus asks the disciples. How would they know? Where did they learn it? They learned who Jesus was from watching him -- watching him as he healed those with sicknesses and infirmities, watching him as he taught and argued, watching him as he reached out to the outcasts and the forgotten.… Read the rest “Table Meditation (Gospel) for Proper 19B – 15-Sep-24”
Sometimes we forget that the Good News of God's love for each and every one of us is for everyone, people right here in this community of faith, people is this city and nation, and people all over the world.… Read the rest “Offering Meditation for Proper 18B – 8-Sep-24”