Before we get going here, let’s talk baseball. And the team with the worst record in baseball right now, the Chicago White Sox. They have only four wins. What if by some miracle they were to win the World Series this year! That’d be one of the more remarkable reversal...

There are some who come to faith just by accepting. And then there those who come to faith by doubting. That’s how Thomas came to faith. But he got there. That’s why we’re all here today, so we can get there. We’re here at Eucharist so we can get to to that point in...

In the Gospel for today we hear the story of the man born blind.  Now, I don’t see that well. But I wasn’t born blind. To be born blind, that takes blindness to a whole new leel. Yet, I’ll admit, my eyes aren’t that good. I was out west skiing with my family.  The...

Life had been hard for the nameless woman at the well that day. We’re told she had been with five different men. With the heartache of all that there was a price to paid, the loss of her reputation. Her past was widely known. In a smalltown word gets around quickly....

On the mountain that day with his disciples something extraordinary happens. Before their very eyes Jesus is transfigured. And it's spectacular! But being his typical self, Peter comes up with what he thinks is a bright idea. Hey Jesus, how about if we build three...

In today’s Gospel, Jesus warns against the perils of hypocrisy.  But what is hypocrisy?  In English, hypocrisy means pretending to be more virtuous or religious than we are.   In Greek, hypocrisy is more generally associated with play-acting in the sense of adopting a...

If we were to ever hear Jesus say things that seems totally unreasonable today would be the day. “Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you”. Those don’t seem very reasonable to me. Come on Jesus! Life is already hard enough. You...

The Beatitudes we just heard in Luke's Gospel contrasts how in life there are two different paths we can take. There is the path that leads to blessings and there is the path that leads to woes. The choice is ours. I don’t know about you, but I have stories about...

The psalmist bids us to proclaim God’s marvelous deeds to all the nations, and they are marvelous indeed!  The first chapter of John’s Gospel begins by waxing eloquent about the eternal Word of God who became flesh.  Became one of us, so that we might become one with...

It was the early 1970s in a small town deep in the heart of Teas. A star high school football player who has a bit of the rebel decides to grow his hair long. So,  sure enough, by the end of summer his long locks are now peeking out from under his football helmet. The...