Gospel Notes
July 1, 2026 Passage to read: Matthew 10:40-42 This week’s passage concludes the Disciples Discourse. The discourse as a whole, Mt. 9:35—10:42, is clear that though it focuses on the twelve (sometimes Jesus calls them
July 1, 2026 Passage to read: Matthew 10:40-42 This week’s passage concludes the Disciples Discourse. The discourse as a whole, Mt. 9:35—10:42, is clear that though it focuses on the twelve (sometimes Jesus calls them
June 15, 2026 We and our pets share many emotional qualities: love, loyalty, concern, fear, attentiveness, jealousy, joy, playfulness, anger, and others. None of these are shared (yet) by machines. Artificial intelligence can only emulate human
June 24, 2026 Passage to read: Matthew 10:24-39 In this week’s Gospel reading, Jesus offers some confrontational and perhaps quite surprising words. As Matthew’s Gospel progresses, we will see the confrontation between Jesus and his
May 31, 2026 We often take for granted the little things of daily life. Ones so ordinary that we ignore them as mere background to our more pressing daily activities. The breeze, warm sun on
June 17, 2026 Passage to read: Matthew 9:35-10:23 Through sermons, spiritual formation sessions after worship, and in these Gospel Notes, for the remainder of the church year, I hope to offer a deeper dive into
May 17, 2026 The tiny white hat at far right of the photo is our bishop about to welcome a huge crowd of 60 new Episcopalians at the cathedral in Phoenix. I noted that there
June 2, 2026 Passage to read: Matthew 28:16-20 Matthew, Luke, and John end with Jesus commissioning the disciples. Mark’s ending is complicated. That’s a story for another time. Matthew, Luke, and John, all include the
May 25, 2026 It’s Memorial Day and we are relaxed, lumps without ambition, sprawled in our chairs. Birds sing, the air is soft and pleasant, clouds drift past, our animals laze next to Cindy and
May 28, 2026 Passage to read: John 20:19-23 Sunday we celebrated the Feast of Pentecost. Our Gospel reading was John 20:19-23. Several times Jesus referred to the coming of the Spirit in his Last Discourse
May 9, 2026 There are numerous reports and recently de-classified images of aerial (and other) encounters with unknown objects, now called UAPs, unidentified aerial phenomena. Here is a photo of one taken Dec. 2025 in