Johnny Tuttle

Behold Our Mother

Genesis 45:1-15 and Psalm 133 | Isaiah 56:1, 6-8 and Psalm 67 | Romans 11:1-2a, 29-32 | Matthew 15: (10-20), 21-28 The story of the Canaanite Woman can be troubling...
August 12, 2026

Let Them Grow Together

Genesis 28:10-19a and Psalm 139:1-12, 23-24 | Wisdom of Solomon 12:13, 16-19 orIsaiah 44:6-8 and Psalm 86:11-17 | Romans 8:12-25 | Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43 I am often focused on the fiery...
July 18, 2026

The Perfect Tense

Third Sunday after Pentecost, Year A Genesis 18:1-15, (21:1-7) and Psalm 116:1-2, 12-19 | Exodus 19:2-8a and Psalm 100 | Romans 5:1-8 | Matthew 9:35-10:8, (9-23) In a fascinating commentary...
June 11, 2026

Tabitha’s Clothing

Fourth Sunday of Easter Year CActs 9:36-43Art: "Raising Tabitha" By Mary Jane MillerI have a drawer in my office where...
May 7, 2025

Catching People

Fifth Sunday After Epiphany, Year CArtwork: “Fishers of Men II” by Cynthia McCleanIsaiah 6:1-8, (9-13)Psalm 1381 Corinthians 15:1-11Luke 5:1-11I have...
February 3, 2025

Speaking In Suffering

Proper 22 BJob 1:1, 2:1-10As a priest in the upper eastern region of Tennessee, 30 miles from the devastation wrought...
October 3, 2024

Is This Not Mary’s Son?

Seventh Sunday After PentecostProper 9 (B)Mark 6:1-13In my denomination (the Episcopal Church), it has been standard practice to restrict newly...
July 3, 2024

Patience Toward All That is Unsolved

Second Sunday of EasterJohn 20:19-31In Letters to a Young Poet, Franz Xavier Kappus shares his correspondence with the brilliant mystic...
April 3, 2024

Following the Beloved

Baptism of the LordMark 1:4-11When I was a priest in Albany, GA, I was approached by a person who had...
January 11, 2024

Holy Presumption

Twenty-sixth Sunday after PentecostMatthew 25:31-46It is difficult to hear this parable at the end of Matthew’s Gospel without an ominous...
November 23, 2023