Sermons

In the story of Jesus’ restoring the health of the Canaanite girl, we see the tenacious, humble love of a mother who sets her on a mission to find help for her child no matter what. Being a mother is not easy and we work toward a day when all women and children are treating with

In the letter of John to a community experiencing conflict, fragmentation and change, the words to love may sound impossible. Maybe the call to love our sisters and brothers, especially the ones we are at odds with, sounds like an impossible call. But we are reminded that God’s love is

Shepherding was an image and profession common and familiar to Jesus’ original audience, but the image did not always conjure up positive and good feelings. When Jesus identifies as a shepherd who is good, he does so because he is a model shepherd who does the following: feeds the sheep,

Unresolved trauma perpetuates more trauma. The trauma of betrayal and the cross were most assuredly a part of Peter’s words of blame and shame of the Israelites. We must read texts like these fully aware of the trauma and antisemitism they have borne into our world. We find healing in