Category: Pastor’s Message

A study by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life found that 79 percent of Americans believe in miracles. This belief spans generations; young people are just as likely to believe in miracles as older Americans. How hard would it have been for the disciples to believe in the resurrection of Jesus? They saw…
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President Woodrow Wilson famously said, “If I’m to speak for 10 minutes, I need a week for preparation, if 15 minutes, three days, if half an hour, two days, if an hour, I am ready now.” Jesus was ready too. Today’s Gospel story begins the Passion of Our Lord with the words: “When the hour…
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In one of the “Bloom county” cartoons by Berkeley Breathed, Opus the Penguin is confronted on the stairs of his boarding house by the well dressed Mr. Binkley. “on behalf of the voting majority of our boarding house residents,” Binkley says, “I have been asked to speak to you. Brother Opus, we all know that…
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One comic strip shows a cat wearing vestments and a Roman collar standing behind a pulpit, emoting to his congregation consisting of one little kitten. She stares in rapt attention at the great orator. Later, a passer by hears screeching and yowling and finds the preacher trying to immerse the kitten in a washtub. “Hey!”…
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In today’s Gospel, the vineyard owner decides to be persistent and give the unproductive tree one more year before he has to cut it down. It’s like the persistent woman who was about ready to give up computers forever. She always forgot her password when she tried to go online. “I had this problem for…
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