Today’s scripture starts with an interesting historical setting. Luke mentions Tiberius, Pilate, Herod, Philip, Lysanias, Annas, and Caiaphas in whose time a small child was born to a small town priest and his barren wife. Some of them will be mentioned in the later writings of Luke as people who beheaded John, Proclaimed a sentence…
Sermons
Can God be our fixer upper?
Today is the first Sunday of Advent in Year C, a new Liturgical Year. When a new baby arrives, when a child graduates and when a young man finds a job and a young woman falls in love, we are excited. New life brings in possibilities for a new world and continuation of our own…
Royalties read multi-directional!
We live in a world where there is lots of noise made talking about separation of church and state. All those discussions will come to an end when we talk about Jesus as the King, which is a political concept. There is absolutely no separation of church and state in this story of the Kingship…
Call Christ from the Crowd
Today’s scripture from Mark brings us something beautiful about God and God’s desire to enter into relationship with mankind. Christ does not assume what we want rather asks us what we want of him to do for us. Now the question is how we are going to answer that question. Are we going to say…
Stone Tablets to Human Hearts
We live in a world of material possessions and values. Our priorities have been redefined by the stuff we gather and own in life. Ones worth is now measured by the value of the car, the home, the smart phones, the apps for those phones and the social networks he or she is member of….