The Better Part

John 10:1-10 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection Here it is, one of the best loved parables! Or, at least, here is one part of the parable. It is interesting that the church picks this part of the parable to proclaim this Sunday, because in it we hear trouble seven times. In the Bible, seven means perfect. In this reading then, we have the perfect storm of trouble. Three times Jesus mentions thieves, twice he mentions bandits, and twice he mentions strangers. A thief might st

Luke 12.13-21 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflectio n In the Gospel for this Sunday, Jesus tells a parable. We know that parables are...

Luke 12.13-21 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflectio n We know that Jesus died and is Risen. The Light of his Risen life continues to...

Luke 12.13-21 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflectio n The Gospel for this Sunday has a shocking beginning. Someone asks Jesus for help...

Luke 9.11b-17 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection Everywhere Jesus walks, people gather to listen to him speak about the Kingdom of...

Luke 9.11b-17 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection This Sunday, we celebrate the Feast of the Body and the Blood of Christ. On this...

Luke 9.11b-17 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection This Sunday, we celebrate the Feast of the Body and the Blood of Christ. A feast...

John 21.1-19 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection This Sunday we celebrate the third Sunday of Easter. There will be seven Sundays...

John 21.1-19 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection This Sunday we celebrate the third Sunday of Easter. We are not even halfway through...

John 21.1-19 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection On this third Sunday of Easter we hear another Resurrection account from the Gospel of...

Luke 6:39-45 Click here to listen to the Gospel and Reflection For the last few weeks, we heard our call to be prophets for God. God...

Luke 5.1-11 Click here to listen to the Gospel and Reflection In the Gospel for this Sunday, we hear about the moment when Simon Peter...

John 6.1-15 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection The Gospel reading last week ended with Jesus beginning to teach a great crowd of...

Matthew 24.36; 25.14-15,19-21 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection In the Gospel for this Sunday, Jesus tells another parable. We...

Matthew 18.21-35 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection (Adults, the Gospel reading this week is about mercy and forgiveness, both...

Matthew 16.21-27 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection Last Sunday, we heard Peter name Jesus as the Messiah, the Son of the living...

John 10:1-10 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection Here it is, one of the best loved parables! Or, at least, here is one part of the...

(Adults, the Gospel reading this week is again a moral exhortation: to love as God loves. For the 3-6 year old, for whom "loving "is...

Matthew 2.1-12 Most people in our world think that Christmas is over. Not yet! Still we celebrate our joy! We know that when Jesus is...

(Adults, with 3-6 year olds we never mention Jesus' death without in the same breath proclaiming the Resurrection. Young children are not...