Matthew 14:22-33 In the neighborhood where I grew up in Ohio there was a cul-de-sac on our street where we would often play. After a rain storm a big puddle would form on one edge of the cul-de-sac and we loved to splash around in it. When I was probably around seven years old I…
Matthew 10:34–39 This passage and I have history. Who else has history with this passage? I was talking to Sarah Augustine about this passage, which she recently preached on, and she told me how much she loved this passage and always has. I told her my journey with this passage has been much more torturous….
Matthew 13:1–9, 18–23 If you grew up around gardens or farms, or if you’ve ever grown so much as a tomato plant on a balcony, this story you just heard might seem confusing from the start. Because this sower Jesus describes doesn’t seem to be a very careful or wise farmer. What do we know…
Matthew 9:35–10:4 There is a beach in Waikiki — one of the most commercialized stretches of sand on earth— where four large stones sit behind an iron fence. I’m guessing most people walk past them without a second glance. The only reason I know of them is because Sarah Rezny told me about them and…
Matthew 9:9-13 This past Thursday I was out in the streets of San Francisco… for a big dance party! Ann, Del and I went together, motivated by the fact that one of our favorite musical artists, Janelle Monae, was going to spin a DJ set. A couple days before the event we found out that…
Trinity Sunday Matthew 28:16-20 Jesus and his disciples were sitting around, and he asked them, as he liked to do: “Whom do people say that I am?” And his disciples answered, “Some say you are John the Baptist returned from the dead; others say Elijah or other of the old prophets.” And Jesus said, “But…
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