Mark 9: 30-37 The disciples do not come off well in this morning’s Gospel story. Just like in last week’s Gospel story, Jesus tells them...

This morning’s story from Mark’s Gospel is a challenging one. Sometimes, Jesus says things that give comfort, and sometimes he says...

This is the third Sunday in a row we have heard Jesus talking about himself as the living bread that has come down from heaven. This...

Today, August 9th, in fact, this very hour, is the one-year anniversary of the death of Michael Brown. Brown, an African American...

This evening, I’m flying to Chicago for a couple days to be with my spouse Michael and his family. A few weeks ago, his Mom was diagnosed...

This story we just heard, the story of the feeding of the 5,000, must have been an important one, because there are different accounts of...