Pastor’s Corner – May 11, 2025
Peace Be With You/Revelation 7:16-17 “They shall no longer experience hunger or thirst; the sun and scorching heat shall no longer harm them, for the Lamb, the central figure of […]
Peace Be With You/Revelation 7:16-17 “They shall no longer experience hunger or thirst; the sun and scorching heat shall no longer harm them, for the Lamb, the central figure of […]
Do You Love Me?/John 21:1-19 When I’m out socially people I meet often ask me about my belief in God, since they assume I’m a “man of the cloth.” They are curious as to how one […]
Authenticity of Christ/John 20:19-31 We are now in Easter season until Pentecost. Together we will witness post-resurrection stories that are transforming and empowering in times of grief and powerlessness. This Sunday we find the disciples locking themselves in a […]
Singing Alleluia/Luke 24:1-12 Come Easter, we will sing “Alleluia!” We buried the Alleluias during the Lenten season to remind ourselves of the solemn period of repentance and reflection on human suffering. However, we know that our faith […]
Christ’s Humility/Philippians 2:5-11 “Let the same mind be in you that was in Christ Jesus” As I write this piece Wednesday late afternoon, the Dow market soared 10%, 3,000 points […]
In the House of Bethany/John 12:1-8 You’ve heard the news of Rumeysa Ozturk, the Tufts University PhD student who was abducted by secret police with no criminal charges. Our university campuses across the nation […]
Jesus’ Invitation to the Kin-dom/Luke 15:1-3, 11b-32 Can you really blame him? I mean the elder son for his outrage and anger against dad who embraces a prodigal son? After slaving in labor […]
Gardener’s Advice/Luke 13:1-9 Who can resist the gardener’s advice to dig around deeply and replenish the soil? It’s our third Lenten Sunday and we are told of the parable of the barren fig […]
Fox and Chicken Story/Luke 13:31-35 Recently a friend of mine suggested, with the rising cost of eggs, that we should raise chickens. This would also be fun for the children […]
Our Baptismal Identity/Luke 4:1-13 Already into our first day of Lent, I imagine ash on my forehead from last night, though rubbed off already, that marked the sign of one’s […]