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Following Jesus

21st Sunday after Pentecost                  Mark 10:17-31  As was setting out on a journey, a man ran up and knelt before him and asked him, “Good…

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Wrestling with Job

20th Sunday after Pentecost                   Job 2:1-10 One day the heavenly beings came to present themselves before God, and the accuser also came among them to…

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Double Rainbow

18th Sunday after Pentecost          Mark 9:30-37 went on from there and passed through Galilee. He did not want anyone to know it, for he was teaching…

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Fully Human

17th Sunday after Pentecost                  The Gospel of Mark is the earliest of the synoptic gospels, the other two being Matthew and Luke. Scholars believe Mark was…

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Eat the Crumbs

16th Sunday after Pentecost           Mark 7:24-30 From there he set out and went away to the region of Tyre. He entered a house and did not want anyone to…

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Sticks and Stones

15th Sunday after Pentecost                     Mark 7:14-23 Then called the crowd again and said to them, ‘Listen to me, all of you, and understand:…

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The Problem of Evil

14th Sunday after Pentecost                  Ephesians 6:10-18 Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his power. Put on the whole armor of God,…

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The Valley of Death

12th Sunday after Pentecost           1 Kings 19:4-8 went a day’s journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a solitary broom tree. He asked that he might…

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This Is My Cell Phone

11th Sunday after Pentecost                     2 Samuel 11:26 – 12:5-13 When the wife of Uriah heard that her husband was dead, she made lamentation for…

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Imperfect People

10th Day after Pentecost                Rev. Charles Wei  2 Samuel 11:1-15 In the spring of the year, the time when kings go out to battle, David sent Joab with his officers and all Israel with…

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