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There is a song in the musical “Hamilton” that always brings tears to my eyes. It’s the song right after Alexander and Eliza Hamilton’s firstborn son Philip is killed in a duel. The song is (...)

Where I live, it’s time to plant summer vegetables. The fig trees, eager to awaken early, have already unfurled their leaves. Dozens of artichoke, pepper, eggplant, and tomato seedlings have been growing inside since March, (...)

The author of Acts also wrote the third Gospel and is traditionally associated with Luke the physician (Colossians 4:14; 2 Timothy 4:11; Philemon 24), though his true identity remains unknown. Acts 1:1-11 segues the story (...)

If anything, belief in Jesus’ resurrection should get us to see things differently. Based on what he says in Acts 10:34-43, what does Peter, a chosen witness to Jesus’ resurrection (verses 40-41), see differently? What (...)

In Texas where I grew up we didn’t bother much with winter. The year’s seasons were early summer, hot summer, and late summer. Adapting to a northerly climate where winter gets its due—a full six (...)

“You’ve got to have heart.” – Coach Jimmy McGinty, The Replacements. Some biblical passages are difficult to preach because they are obscure. (That may have been the case with last week’s reading from Numbers 21.) (...)

At first, John 2:13-22 seems like an odd passage for the Third Sunday in Lent.  The temple clearing comes much later in the Synoptics, immediately preceding Jesus’s Passion. It is a fitting passage, however, because (...)

Narrative context is so important.  When this passage is taken out of context, it seems to suggest that the mission of Jesus and his disciples is to suffer and die. However, when we read it (...)

Reconciliation is the central theme in 2 Corinthians 5:20b—6:10.  Paul urges the Corinthians to be reconciled to God, following the way of Christ and his faithfulness. Since they are reconciled to God through Christ, they (...)

Ash Wednesday. I always tell myself and fellow clergy that they do not come for the homily. They come for the ashes. With coronavirus, will they come at all? Self-administration of ashes? If they come, (...)