by Rev. Karen Kinney | Mar 30, 2025
I want to set some context this morning. In the preceding chapter, Jesus has been healing on the Sabbath and telling a parable about a banquet at which the expected type of guests refuse to come, so the banquet thrower tells his servants to find the poor, the lame,...
by Rev. Karen Kinney | Mar 23, 2025
Every year, I plant a row of zinnias in my backyard. And, then I wait because those seeds take a bit of time to come up. Sometimes, the seeds result in a glorious row of brightly colored flowers and sometimes they resemble a sad sack, hit or miss row of blooms...
by Rev. Karen Kinney | Mar 16, 2025
How many of you have ever heard a sermon about this story that asked if you were a Martha or a Mary? A doer or a listener? A worker bee or a faithful church goer? What if this is all just a false binary? What if these aren’t the right questions to ask at all? Because...
by Rev. Karen Kinney | Mar 9, 2025
It’s important to know a few things about what is happening in this narrative from Luke. First, this “expert in the law”, is trying to trip Jesus up. This question is a test. He should know that eternal life in his time was a gift freely given – one didn’t have to do...
by Rev. Karen Kinney | Mar 2, 2025
This is such a mind-boggling narrative, isn’t it? Imagine you are Peter, James or John – you’ve gone up to the mountain with Jesus to pray and you awake from a sleepy state to witness Jesus’ face being totally changed and his clothes as bright as a flash of lightning!...
by Rev. Suzanne Trump | Feb 9, 2025
Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Amen I am one of the lucky ones, I know that I own my own boat, and I have a business I am grateful for all that God has given me I go to synagogue, and I do what I can But last night, that was...
