Pinterest isn’t just about crafts and recipes
Social Media, depending upon a person’s age, can be seen as a waste of time, a tool used to interact with your friends or something that can be informative and…
Readings and Reflections for the Third Sunday of Pentecost
Genesis 3:8-15 2 Corinthians 4:13-5:1 Mark 3:20-35 Dear Friends, In Genesis 3:8-15 we have the story of Adam and Eve when they disobeyed the command not to eat of the tree of…
Pentecost and the Slow Work of God
A Jesuit priest and scientist named Pierre Teilhard de Chardin wrote something about the slow work of God that I like very much. He said:“Above all, trust in the slow…
Readings and Reflections for Sunday June 3rd
Deuteronomy 5:12-15 2 Corinthians 4:5-12 Mark 2:23-3:6 Dear Friends, In Deuteronomy, the 10 Commandments that first appeared in the book of Exodus are repeated, and today’s lesson focuses…
Readings and Reflections for Trinity Sunday
Isaiah 6:1-8 Romans 8:12-17 John 3:1-17 Dear Friends, In Isaiah’s vision of God, the prophet is transported to the Holy presence of the living God! Even as he sees his own frailty and…
Readings and Reflections for the Day of Pentecost
Ezekiel 37:1-14 (or Acts 2:1-21) Psalm 104: 25-35,37 Romans 8:22-27 John 15:26-27; 16:4b-15 Dear Friends, Ezekiel 37 describes the “Valley of Dry Bones” – an “image parable” which represents the people…
Readings and Reflections for the Seventh Sunday of Easter
Acts 1:15-17, 21-26 1 John 5:9-13 John 17:6-19 Dear Friends, John 17 allows us to “eavesdrop” as Jesus prays for his disciples in anticipation of his death, resurrection and ascension. They will be “in the world”…
Readings and Reflections for the Sixth Sunday of Easter
Acts 10:44-48 1 John 5:1-6 John 15:9-17 Dear Friends, In John’s Gospel we hear the “secret” of Jesus’ own joy, a joy that he wants to share with his disciples. We are…
Readings and Reflections for the Fifth Sunday of Easter
Acts 8:26-40 1 John 4:7-21 John 15:1-8 Dear Friends, John 15:1-8 draws on the image of the vineyard that plays a prominent part in the Biblical understanding of our relationship…
Readings and Reflections for the Fourth Sunday of Easter
Acts 4:5-12 Psalm 23 1 John 3:16-24 John 10:11-18 Dear Friends, John 10:11-18: This Sunday is sometimes called “Good Shepherd” Sunday. We turn to John’s Gospel as it describes Jesus…