In our gospel lesson from Luke this morning we have the story of Jesus healing 10 lepers. Leprosy is a serious skin disease involving a slow developing infection by bacteria that leads to damage of the nerves, respiratory tract, skin, and eyes. Today if it’s treated early, antibiotics can stop the disease progression, prevent complications, and make the patient non-infectious. Interestingly, 95% of people cannot actually catch leprosy and it isn’t easily spread. But in Jesus’

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I’ll never forget the first time I sat down with someone living on the streets. I was in my undergrad down in North Carolina. I’d just...

Today we celebrate the most central mark of Christianity: the Cross of Jesus Christ. Yes, the Resurrection is critical, as is Jesus’s...

We have quite the selection of readings this morning: first God says through Jeremiah that he is like a potter and we are like clay. When...

In our reading from Luke this morning we hear Jesus teach his disciples to pray what becomes the Lord’s prayer: Our father who is in...

Oh how I used to tease my mom about being like Martha - such a busy body, clean freak - when I wanted to get out of making my bed or...

Last week we heard Jesus commission Peter to feed, tend, and love Jesus’s own sheep, his people. You’ll recall that Jesus asked Peter...

Our lesson from John this morning takes us back to the beginning. Recall that when Jesus first meets his disciples, several are working...

A whole week has passed for us since we celebrated Jesus’s resurrection last Sunday morning. But for the disciples in our reading this...