Hungry

Ninth Sunday after Pentecost 2 Kings 4:42-44 Ephesians 3:14-21 John 6:1-21 Last Sunday was the last day of the ELCA Youth Gathering in Detroit. After a long, but exciting week of meeting new people, eating Coney Island hotdogs, doing photo scavenger hunts, cleaning and clearing alleyways, listening to inspirational speakers, and hearing incredible music, we …

A Good News Death

Seventh Sunday after Pentecost Amos 7:7-15 Ephesians 1:3-14 Mark 6:14-29 [Note: the last paragraph didn't make it into the audio. Sorry!] The drama! The excitement! The intrigue! The decadence and depravity! The gratuitous violence! The story of Herod, Herodias, Salome (the daughter of Herod), John the Baptist and the tangled webs they weave! This is …

For All the Stubborn, Rebellious, Weak, and Stammerers: God Never Gives Up on You

Sixth Sunday after Pentecost Ezekiel 2:1-5 2 Corinthians 12:2-10 Mark 6:1-13 God doesn’t give up on us- ever. No matter how hard-headed or weak we might be, God does not give up on us. Salvation history, recorded all throughout Genesis through Revelation and through practically every experience of God, we see that God comes to …