EPIPHANY VII February 20, 2022 “Driven to Distraction”       How many times have you heard that a car accident is caused by a distracted driver?  I would imagine more times than you could accurately say.  The accidents range from fender benders or bumper bumps to terrible collisions in whichRead More →

EPIPHANY VI February 13, 2022 “The Power of Love”      If I speak in the tongues of mortals and of angels, but do not have love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.  And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and ifRead More →

EPIPHANY V February 6, 2022 “No Longer Strangers and Aliens”       Have you ever had to flee for your life — to leave your home, your community, and your country, with only a few possessions or just the clothes on your back?  We may try to imagine the terrorRead More →

EPIPHANY IV January 30, 2022 “Seeing The Light”           These winter weeks of Epiphany are more than just an arbitrarily designated block of time between Christmas and Lent.  The season continues to celebrate the revelation of Christ as the Savior of the world, as the word epiphanyRead More →

EPIPHANY III January 23, 2022 “Little by Little”      Little by little we’ll go.  No matter how far the distance is, we are not shaken.       Little by little we’ll go and reach our destination. No matter how far the distance is, we are not shaken.     Read More →

EPIPHANY II January 16, 2022 “I’ve Got To Take a Sick Day”       Winter in the Midwest has been doing its usual thing — a good share of gray and cold days that leaves us numb and not feeling much of anything — not too ambitious, not too cheerful,Read More →

EPIPHANY I January 9, 2022 “Scholars and Believers”       If you had any questions about what the new year was going to be like, at least one has been answered — yes, we’ll have a snowy, windy, bitterly cold spell, just in case you were wondering (hoping?) that we’dRead More →

CHRISTMAS II January 2, 2022 “Just a Little More Christmas”        Yes, it’s officially a new month and a new year, and yes, it’s definitely winter, no question about that.  So what’s up with calling this Sunday a Sunday in Christmas?  Well, just because the rest of the world is all “Christmas-ed” out doesn’t mean thatRead More →

CHRISTMAS I December 26, 2021 “Good News to All the People”“And the angel said to them, “Be not afraid; for behold, I bring you good news of a great joy which will come to all the people; for to you is born this day in the city of David aRead More →

ADVENT IV December 19, 2021 “The Stirring Season of Advent”   Stir up your power, Lord Christ, and come.  With your abundant grace and might, free us from the sin that binds us, that we may receive you in joy and serve you always, for you live and reign with theRead More →