To Bind and Loose

Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost Isaiah 51:1-6, Psalm 138, Romans 12:1-8, Matthew 16:13-20 What does it mean to be saved? Sometimes it is imagined that salvation is a ticket to escape our own physical deaths. Maybe the timeline is brought a little closer and salvation means being delivered from some very present distress or pain -… Continue reading To Bind and Loose

Unprecedented

Second Sunday After Pentecost Exodus 19:2-8a, Psalm 100, Romans 5:1-8, Matthew 9:35-10:8(9-23) When I was a teenager, which I promise you was actually quite some time ago, despite my apparently genetic inability to grow a beard, I went on youth camp. Now if you have never experienced this unique experience of Youth Ministry in the… Continue reading Unprecedented