Mark 8:31-38 Today’s gospel, presents us with the first of Jesus’ passion predictions in the Gospel of Mark – “that the Son of Man must undergo great suffering, and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests, and the scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again.” I’ve read this text a hundred … More To Speak Openly of Christ
Mark 1: 9-15 Today – the first weekend of Lent – we read from the Gospel of Mark, of Jesus baptism in the Jordan by John and of his temptation in the wilderness at the hands of Satan. It’s a familiar text. One, for regular church goers at least, that we’ve heard time and time … More America, the Wilderness
Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21 At the very beginning of the Bible, after crafting the heavens and the earth from a formless void, after separating light from darkness and dry land from the waters, after dividing the expanse above from the expanse below, and creating plants and animals big and small in their various kinds – deeming … More Ash Wednesday 2024 – What looks like us will die, but what’s really us will live on
The past few weeks have been full of interviews, questions, answers, and reminders to “breathe, Libby”. And one question one I think I’ve received more times this month than any other is simply to describe my call story. Those of you who were here on Wednesday heard me speak about growing up Lutheran, attending Catholic … More Mountain to Valley: God with Us
Mark 1:29-39 This week, in the life of the church, we commemorate the Holy Martyrs of Japan – the 26 Catholic Christians who were executed on February 5, 1597, in Nagasaki, Japan because of their faith in Christ. Most historians agree that the earliest known presence of Christianity in Japan dates back nearly fifty years … More The Healing that is Eternal
Sermons at St. James Gettysburg 