Posts with the tag “grace”

Welcome to Jesus’ Sermon on the Plain, lesser known than the Sermon on the Mount from Matthew’s Gospel. There Jesus plays the role of Moses, speaking a new law from the mountain. In Luke, Jesus comes ...  Read More

Beloved, you matter to God more than you will ever know. God's blessing is upon you because you belong to God, and so does everyone else....  Read More

In his first sermon in his hometown of Nazareth, Jesus recounts how Israel’s prophets had blessed Gentiles while Israelites were in need. Hearing this, the crowd turns on him and tries to kill him. Th...  Read More

Jesus draws out all our rage, our hatred of mercy, so that we might be healed....  Read More

You never walk alone....  Read More

This week I was blessed to officiate the wedding of a former youth group member from a few churches ago. In my homily I said the following, “I want to keep my words today few. Because words matter. Th...  Read More