4th Sunday in Lent March 26, 2017 John 9:1-41 Lynn Bruer, my Santa Barbara Pastor, wanted to set this story to music. She didn’t know at the time that she needed Lin-Manuel Miranda to make it a hit musical. It has all the elements of a great drama. A main character whose life is […]
Standing in the Light
5th Sunday after Epiphany February 5, 2017 Matthew 5: 13-20 You can click on this link to read the text in Oremus Bible Browser Last week, Chris Cookston from Prineville Community Church wrote for the Central Oregonian Faith Page. He talked about being with God forever and finally achieving the holiness we longed for […]
A Beacon
Transfiguration Sunday February 15, 2015 Mark 9: 2-9 This is a hard one to explain. I have read so many attempts to figure out what this means: is Jesus’ re-charging his batteries for the time that is soon coming in which he will be arrested, interrogated and killed? Is God sending him special power? […]
Who’s Invited
Epiphany Sunday January 6, 2012 Matthew 2: 1-12 If you’ve been on the internet lately, you’ve probably had someone e-mail you a Wise Man quiz. How many wise men were there? Where they really scholars or something else? Tradition tells us that there were three, likely because there were three gifts. And the explanation of […]