Bread is an important part of our Christian life together. We find it at the Communion table and in our food pantry where we serve the hungry. When we ask God for daily bread what do we hope to receive? Are we looking for food for our stomachs or food...

The first verse of the Lord’s Prayer can create a lot of questions in the minds of those who pray it. Why “Our” Father instead of “My” Father? Is heaven the only place we find God? What does it mean for God’s name to be hallowed? What was Jesus trying...

Compared to Christmas, Easter happens rather quietly early in the morning. Why was something as important as the resurrection so quiet?

At the same time Jesus was dying on the cross, the Priests were finishing up sacrificing the lambs. A shofar was blown when the lambs were sacrificed and was most likely blowing as Jesus died on the cross.  The shofar was the sound of forgiveness.

This Markan sandwich is made up of two stories: Jesus cursing the fig tree and Jesus cleansing the temple. The fig tree that Jesus cursed had leaves but no fruit. Our faith can become like the fig tree if our leaves are an outward display of faith but...

The death of John the Baptist is the substantial filling in this "Dagwood Sandwich," surrounded by the story of Jesus sending out his disciples. We learn from these sandwiched stories that following Jesus can be a dangerous calling, but God...

Two stories of healing remind us what it means to have faith, and point us toward the time when we will be made whole.

What does it mean to be part of Jesus' family? This story reminds us that when we see the world the way Jesus does the insiders become outsiders and the outsiders become insiders.

As we focus on the temptations of Jesus, we also think about our own temptations. How are we tempted? Is the biggest temptation we face forgetting we are the Beloved of God?

In the first Exodus, Moses led the people of Israel from slavery to freedom and a new life. Jesus is a new Moses, who leads us from slavery to sin and an old way of life, to salvation.