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The Ash Wednesday service is a very simple and ancient one. It is both sober and sensual as we smell the smoke, receive the gritty smudge...

The ancient image of a people walking in great darkness upon whom God will shine a bright light, and through them to all the nations,...

At this, and many disturbing moments in human and personal history, many of us long for Jesus the Christ to come down and reign over our...

“Be awake therefore as you do not know the hour or the day.” (Matthew 25:1-13. Twenty Fourth Sunday after Pentecost. Proper 27 [32]) It...

The two great commandments are a summary of the whole law and the goal of our striving and growing; it is the central tenant of the...

This week we have one of those moments I wish I’d witnessed in person – this ancient text, many times translated, still sings and stings...

We come to the troubling images and themes in the parable of the wedding banquet (Matthew 21:1-14. Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost....

This week we have a love song for a vineyard and another parable about a vineyard (Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost. Proper 22 [27] ...

This parable challenges us to honestly acknowledge the “No” that reflects our tiredness, our fearfulness, our resistance to God’s world...

This is one of those parables which dis-quietens many of us. (Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost. Proper 17 [25] Matthew 20:1-16.) We...

Forgiveness is at the centre of what it means to be in Christian community: acknowledging our need of forgiveness by God and others;...

This week’s Scripture (Matthew 18 in general and 10-20 in particular. Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost. Proper 18[23]) is all about what...