Jake Wilson
Taste and See
Third Sunday of Easter Acts 3:12-19 Psalm 4 1 John 3:1-7 Luke 24:36b-48 The cover story for the April 16,...
April 20, 2012
Wade in the Water
6th week of Epiphany Feb. 12, 2012 2 Kings 5:1-14 Psalm 30 1 Corinthians 9:24-27 Mark 1:40-45 Eighteen years ago,...
February 8, 2012
From Where Does Our Help Come?
1st Sunday of Advent Isaiah 64:1-9 Psalm 80:1-7, 117-19 1 Cor. 1:3-9 Mark 13:24-37 On the first Sunday of Advent,...
November 23, 2011
Bread from Heaven
14th Sunday after Pentecost Exodus 16.2-15, Psalm 145.1-8, Philippians 1.21-30, Matthew 20.1-16 I’m the oldest of four lively children. As...
September 14, 2011
Jacob, Despite Jacob
In Preaching and Reading the Lectionary: A Three-Dimensional Approach to the Liturgical Year, O. Wesley Allen Jr. advocates for a...
July 7, 2011
Preparing for Departure
This week’s lectionary reading leads us into the farewell discourse (John 13.31-17.26) as Jesus prepares the disciples for his departure. ...
May 19, 2011
Internalizing what Externals Mean
1 Samuel 16:1-13 We live in a culture obsessed with appearance. Tanning beds promise us sun-kissed bodies year round. Moleskine...
March 31, 2011
A Small Part in a Great Story
Isaiah 7:10-26; Matthew 1:18-25 By Matthew 1:18, Matthew has already named Jesus as the Messiah several times. Indeed, Matthew’s genealogy...
December 17, 2010
All the Saints
Luke 20:27-40 Last week, Tobias Winright reminded us that October 30th was the feast of St. Marcellus who was martyred...
November 4, 2010
Freedom and Obedience
Galatians 5:1, 13-26 In Bound to be Free: Evangelical Catholic Engagements in Ecclesiology, Ethics, and Ecumenism Reinhard Hütter notes that...
June 24, 2010
