Offering grace to the worldProper 17B | Mark 7:1-23 The last time we were in the gospel of Mark, it was mid-July. I had to look it up! That feels like forever ago! We had summer camps, vacation trips, and the Summer Olympics was still a week away! That’s how long it’s …
Labor Day
Disciples, Apostles, and Saints! As we approach the unofficial end of summer with Labor Day weekend, the early arrival of pumpkin spice and Halloween decorations, school and all things associated with the academic year, I want to take a brief moment to invite us to remember a holiday associated …
A Word: Grace for All
And how Jesus challenges expectationsProper 16B | John 6:56-69 Reading this gospel passage this morning—it offers us kind of a gloomy, how’d-we-get-here vibe. Doesn’t it sound like a low point? When the mission doesn’t just seem hard, but kind of unpopular. Like the path they’re on can’t …