Ninth Sunday after Pentecost July 25, 2021 John 6:1-21 Potluck dinners are sociological experiments. Think about it - no one wants to go...

The Eighth Sunday after Pentecost July 18, 2021 Mark 6:30-34, 53-56 Maybe it’s my competitive drive, but I had just had to be the first...

Seventh Sunday after Pentecost July 11, 2021 Mark 6:14-29 Some birthdays I remember better than others. I remember some little toys and...

Sixth Sunday after Pentecost July 4, 2021 Mark 6:1-13 On March 25, 1892, my great-grandfather, Michele DiPietro entered the United States...

Fifth Sunday after Pentecost - Holy Baptism June 27, 2021 Mark 5:21-43 The names are different, but the characters are always the same. A...

Fourth Sunday after Pentecost June 20, 2021 Psalm 107:1-3, 23-32 When the bubble popped, we all felt it. It was September 2008. A web of...

The Rev. Jimmy Abbott Third Sunday after Pentecost June 13, 2021 Psalm 92:1-4, 11-14 Bad Things, Good People “Why do bad things happen to...

Second Sunday after Pentecost June 6, 2021 Psalm 130 The pounding rain on the roof woke me up. It was in those strange hours between...

The Day of Pentecost May 23, 2021 Acts 2:1-21 Alright y’all, let’s do this one together. Arachnophobia is the fear of…spiders....

Seventh Sunday of Easter: The Sunday after Ascension Day May 16, 2021 John 17:6-19 July 2, 1863. The second day of fighting at the...

Sixth Sunday after Easter May 9, 2021 Acts 10:44-48 We have significant distrust of “the other.” It is rooted deep in our anthropology,...

Fourth Sunday in Easter April 25, 2021 John 10:11-18 “I am the good shepherd,” Jesus says. “I know my own and my own know me, just as the...

Third Sunday of Easter April 18, 2021 Luke 24:36b-48 Why is it that we never use most valuable possessions? Let me share this with you -...

Second Sunday of Easter April 11, 2021 Acts 4:32-35 There are many surprising things that we come across in the bible. Think of them....

Easter Day: The Sunday of the Resurrection April 4, 2021 John 20:1-18 When I was a boy, I was a notoriously picky eater. No vegetables....

Good Friday April 2, 2021 John 18:1-19:42 For my birthday a couple years ago, Maggie bought me a record player. You know, for those old...

Maundy Thursday April 1, 2021 John 13:1-7, 13b-35 Along one wall of our living room, Maggie and I have put up pictures of our extended...

March 31, 2021 Mark 14:1-15:47 Some places on Earth have meaning beyond their mere physical features. Their very names conjure up images...

Fifth Sunday in Lent March 21, 2021 John 12:20-33 Glass has got to be one of the strangest and coolest things people have ever made. You...

Fourth Sunday in Lent March 14, 2021 John 3:14-21 The scariest place on earth is the first tee of a golf course. I’ve been playing this...