I have a very positive association with bodies of water. I love being on boats, on the open sea, on rivers and creeks, lakes, and even...

"No clever talk or gift to bring requires our lowly, lovely King, come you empty handed, you don't need anything." - mewithoutyou in the...

I had a conversation with my daughter the other day when we were stopping by the IHS parish hall to drop off some things. She asked me,...

I'm thankful that in this transition time from pandemic-era style online and restricted gatherings to returning to being in-person...

Then his mother and his brothers came; and standing outside, they sent to him and called him. A crowd was sitting around him; and they...

In my Celtic morning prayer ritual every morning I repeat this call and response: Who is it that you seek? We seek the Lord our God. Do...

In the gospel reading for Pentecost we hear Jesus say, "now I am going to him who sent me; yet none of you asks me, ‘Where are you...

This year because of the way the lectionary readings in Acts have been divided up, I noticed something new to me. In Acts 10 we read,...

If you follow the Sunday Bible lectionary, or at least if you read our IHS newsletter, then you know last week featured some stories...

This Sunday in our Gospel lesson here we hear a familiar story we often hear around Lent and Easter: the so-called Temple event, or you...

Jesus and his disciples went to Capernaum; and when the sabbath came, he entered the synagogue and taught. They were astounded at his...

After John was arrested, Jesus came to Galilee, proclaiming the good news of God, and saying, “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of...

Yesterday for the Feast of the Epiphany I wrote and posted a blog post titled "Wear are our Caesars" and included a picture of the United...

I saw today someone post on social media that the meaning of Epiphany, the declaration that Jesus is Christ or King, is that Jesus is...

Jesus was just a guy. Jesus was just a guy who, like many others in the crowds around the Jordan river in first century Palestine, heard...

What's with all this "fire and brimstone" stuff every Advent? The world is preparing for Christmas. Families are hanging lights on houses...

"Why don't you tear apart the heavens and come down?" I heard that question for the first time this year in a composition by the same...

This coming Sunday is the last of the "church year," the three year lectionary cycle that takes us through the seasons. Since 1970, the...

There is such an incredible divide between our understanding of Christianity today and the person of Jesus and the first century...

"There is not, of course, any such thing as a normal kind of saint. A saint is just a human being released from the love of self, and...