If you’ve spent much time churches, you might (like me) have a little bit of baggage with scripture in general, and shepherd imagery in particular. I think we like to … Read More
Cleopas and his companion, who was a fellow disciple, perhaps a woman, maybe even his wife, were discouraged, anxious and certainly confused. It was Sunday evening, just a few days … Read More
Today, we begin Week 2 of Easter, but in our gospel text today, the disciples are still on first Easter Sunday, the day of the Resurrection. Earlier in the day, … Read More
Happy Easter! Here at St. Luke’s we have been getting ready for the past 125 years just so we can welcome you on this happy morning and share with you … Read More
Martha and Mary were right, in their accusations against Jesus. If he had been there, their brother would not have died. The author, in recording these events, goes out of … Read More
My senior year in high school, my choir director chose a song that made many of us uncomfortable. We were a wealthy, white, suburban school, and for our state competition, … Read More
The people who are blessed — or translated better, happy, fortunate, honored — aren’t at all the ones described by Jesus’s words in our gospel reading today. The happy, the … Read More
It is traditional for Episcopal churches to have their Annual Meeting on the third Sunday in January, and this is the case for St. Luke’s. Although it might have been … Read More
You may also listen to a recording of this sermon: Like many who grew up in the Pacific Northwest, I had a mostly secular childhood. We celebrated Christmas along with … Read More
The people in the Bible are no strangers to fear, distress and despair. They know what it means to wait and wait and wait for God’s promises to come to … Read More