Thomas Parker

The Eighth Sunday After PentecostJeremiah 23:1-6Psalm 23Ephesians 2:11-22Mark 6:30-34, 53-56As I read through the readings for this coming Sunday, two...

First Sunday of Lent Genesis 9:8-17Mark 1:9-15 So many moments fold into this one.    A few weeks ago, my...

Fourth Sunday of AdventLuke 1:26-38; 46b-55There is an image of Mother Mary, created by Ben Wildflower, depicted with her fist...

Seventh Sunday of Easter Acts 1:6-14 1 Peter 4:12-14; 5:6-11 I work in a school, and on March 12 we...

Eleventh Sunday After PentecostJeremiah 1:4-10Hebrews 12:18-29Luke 13:10-17 The only time is now. We often conceptualize time as linear, as if...

Sixth Sunday of EasterActs 16:9-15Revelation 21:10, 22-22:5John 14:23-29 “Whoever loves me will keep my word. My Father will love them,...

Seventh Sunday After EpiphanyGenesis 45:3-11, 15Psalm 37:1-11, 39-401 Corinthians 15:35-38, 42-50Luke 6:27-38 One of my common refrains goes something like...

First Sunday in AdventLuke 21:25-36As a nine-year-old boy, I once lost sleep for a month because of one terrible thought:...

Fifteenth Sunday After PentecostSong of Solomon 2:8-13James 1:17-27Mark 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23 What do we name as good? What do we...

Second Sunday After PentecostMark 2:23-3:6 Is Scripture the whip of the oppressor or the hope of the oppressed? At my...