Do you ever wonder how things work? I know I do. From the mysteries of a carburetor to how do humans actually learn how to talk; I have an endless list of questions. Sometimes questions are triggered by what I read in the Bible. Our texts for this Sunday include parts of Jonah and Matthew….
There is a Gospel story that I have always found a bit problematic. Our Gospel lesson for this Sunday is Matthew 15:21-28, often referred to as the story of the Canaanite woman. If the details have slipped your mind, a Canaanite woman asks Jesus to free her daughter from the torments of a demon. Jesus…
The past month was a good one for me. I am one of those people who can find it difficult to take time off, at least from preaching in my case. The rest was deeply appreciated and I am immensely grateful to the good people of St. Mark’s for “making” me take time off 😄…