Tag: Year A

  • November 23, 2023
    Twenty-sixth Sunday after PentecostMatthew 25:31-46It is difficult to hear this parable at the end of Matthew’s Gospel without an ominous…
  • December 28, 2022
    First Sunday after Christmas and EpiphanyMatthew 2:(1-12), 13-23Hebrews 2:10-18Within our current social media landscape, the interior lives and sordid engagements…
  • December 22, 2022
    Nativity of the LordIsaiah 9:2-7Luke 2:1-20 I’m a big fan of overlooked or oft-neglected Christmas carols. While there will always…
  • December 10, 2022
    Third Sunday of AdventMatthew 11:2-11At the beginning of this discourse, Matthew transitions us to a different setting: Verse 1 reads,…
  • November 22, 2022
    Isaiah 2:1-5Romans 13:11-14Matthew 24:36-44On a recent visit to my local chain drugstore I looked, as I often do, at the…
  • November 10, 2020
    Twenty-fourth Sunday After Pentecost 1 Thessalonians 5:1-11Matthew 25:14-30 The 2011 film, The Big Short follows the stories of a handful…
  • August 4, 2020
    Proper 14, Year A Matthew 14:22-33 I have long been a fan of the church marquee.  I don’t generally pay…
  • July 2, 2020
    Proper 9, Year A Matthew 11:16-19, 25-30 The July lectionary readings from the Gospel of Matthew are threaded together with…
  • April 14, 2020
    Second Sunday of Easter, Year A John 20:19-31 I’ve been going outside a lot lately, finding my kin and connection…
  • January 21, 2020
    Third Sunday After Epiphany Isaiah 9:1-4 Matthew 4:12-23 I am generally protected by my choice of media from the glamour…