Time After Pentecost

I want to talk with us today about the repairing of relationships with people and the world around us and the repairing work – the restoration and resurrection work made possible by Christ and a

My dad’s grandparents met at the Finnish Lutheran Seaman’s Mission in New York City in 1896, where my great grandmother was one of the relief workers welcoming people like my great grandfather,

We are being invited to participate in a new world order of mercy made possible by faith. This is the message to us on this second Sunday in the season after Pentecost, the season in which we

Then Jesus, who saw how the crowds of this world were harassed like sheep without a shepherd – how people were going hungry not just in body but in heart and soul. How people had forgotten to

As we go looking for the eternal meaning that rises to the surface of today’s gospel lesson – a gospel full of strong language that includes violence with swords and turning against one’s family;

God in Christ is breaking in upon this world in beautiful and profound and wonderful ways. It may not always be easy to see it or remember it, but it is true. Breaking in upon this world in the

In today’s gospel we hear one of the more frequently quoted passages of scripture:

“Come to me, all you who are weary and are carrying heavy burdens, and I will give you rest.” (Matthew

Many a kindergarten or nursery school or Sunday School has had children planting seeds in little pots - to be patiently watered and set in a sunny window until the seeds, springing to life, burst

Paul has bold words for us in this passage from Romans today, where he writes, “I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory about to be revealed to