Associate Pastor at St. John’s Lutheran Church of Highland
Today in our Gospel reading from Mark 9 we hear how the disciples try to stop someone from doing deeds in the name of Christ, but Jesus helps them to understand that those who do things in the name of Christ are a blessing. Today we are reminded that, like the Trinity, the church can […]
In our readings for today we hear all about the human tongue and what a blessing and a curse it can be. We learn today that we must strive to continually allow God to open our ears and not be rebellious but rather allow God to help us as we attempt to speak so that […]
Today we hear a story where Jesus is planting the seeds for change within the faith community. Christ reminds us today of our need to be open to an understanding of God’s Word as a Living Word which speaks to us anew each and every day. I pray that not only our church, but that […]
There are things in the church and in life that we may never fully understand while we are here on earth, and they may even challenge our commitment to Christ, leaving us with the feeling of buyer’s remorse. The good news that we find in our Gospel lesson for today is that even when we […]
Today we hear Jesus say to us in John 6: “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never be hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty.” As followers of Christ, we are reminded of a dual opportunity for ministry in this text: the first is our collective ability […]
Today we hear of the disciples wondering if they would have enough as they look at the five loaves and two fish that were given to them by a boy to feed 5,000 people. Today’s text is a reminder that your gifts can always be a blessing, no matter how seemingly small in relation to […]
If we believe that we are a part of the same family of faith and the same story of faith as the prophets of old and Elijah and John the Baptist and Jesus and the disciples, then we have a call to do the same deeds that they were doing and share the same words […]
In our story for today, we are reminded that Jesus changes everything. Without the interruption of the healing of the woman who had been hemorrhaging for 12 years, Jairus’ daughter would not have died, and yet, this seemingly tragic circumstance became one of the greatest miracles that the people would see before Jesus’ own death […]
Today in our Gospel lesson the disciples and Jesus are in the midst of a storm out in a boat, when they cry out to him for help saying, “Teacher, do you not care that we are perishing?” And just as surely as Jesus cared then, stilling the storm so they might know peace, so […]
If Christ is at the forefront when we gather, then I think our Gospel for today encourages us to do a few things as we share in ministry: we should see others who also gather in Christ’s name as our brothers and sisters so that we can have an understanding that other Christians are a […]