In the Gospels, Matthew, Luke, and John tell of a servant of the high priest having his right ear cut off in the garden at Gethsemane,...

This is about what is required to be a disciple of Jesus.  The same points are made in Matthew 10:24-42, but I will focus on what Luke...

In Mark 10, verses 23-31, Jesus has a conversation with his disciples about the unexpected difficulties people will find along their path...

A couple of days ago I did a search of the core values of Christianity.  As expected, there was a list of good things to do, each with a...

Last night my wife’s church had a confirmation service for several members who had taken lessons and done all that is required to become...

I have already posted about Adam and adam, where the use of “adam” in Genesis 1 is different from the “adam” of Genesis 2 and beyond....

In Luke’s chapter 16, three verses that fall between the parable of the dishonest manager and the parable of Lazarus and the rich man...

When I signed up for an “Education for Ministry” (EfM) course, year one was partially about reading the Old Testament.  It was not so...

So much is  in the news today about the issue of gay marriage.  Recently, clerks in Utah County (Provo, Utah) were threatened by the Fed...

Luke 18:9-14 Jesus told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous and regarded others with contempt: “Two...

My mind has wandered onto the subject of prison ministry.  In my past, I have had a priest who was deeply involved with going to a state...

The Gospel reading in the Episcopal Lectionary for the first Sunday after Christmas comes from the beginning of John’s Gospel.  It begins...

The Book of the Apocalypse, by John of Patmos, is filled with many symbols.  Some of the ones that stand out immediately are dragons with...

The Holy Bible is filled with names, some that are hard to pronounce.  I enjoy looking up the name meanings on websites, so I will be...

My wife will be ordained as an Episcopal priest this week.  That will be a symbolic act representing the end of a period of discernment,...

Two searches of Nostradamus seem to always find articles I have posted online.  One is about quatrain II-62, which begins by...

One of the many things that separate me from traditional churches views, ones that regularly (need I say … routinely?) present...

Welcome “roasters”!  I have not gone away.  I am just busy doing other important things these days.  Notice I call you a roaster.  The...

Let’s look at the current trends in the news these days.  These are not so much predicted by Nostradamus, but fall in line with what...

Recently, I saw a “trending article” come up on Facebook, one which attributed the news of Pope Benedict’s resignation as having been...