From the Pastor

Advent is a season of expectation, the word itself meaning “coming.” Many families spend these four weeks waiting for children to come home from college,

By now the last of the leaves have likely fallen from trees in northern climates, and any still holding on look dry and dead. Snow

The Church Year is a living history of ancient events brought to life each year – a cycle of festivals and seasons celebrated by Christians

Linked with the reading from 1 Thessalonians and Psalm 90, Jesus’ parable of the talents invites a full-hearted response to God’s lavish gifts of faith

Two natural, common liquids with very different properties animate the texts today: water and olive oil. Matthew’s gospel text revolves around the use of olive

All Saints’ Sunday celebrates the baptized people of God, living and dead, who are the body of Christ. This day and the appointed readings are

Rooted in the past and growing into the future, the church must always be reformed in order to live out the love of Christ in

In this week’s first reading God uses the Gentile ruler Cyrus to accomplish divine purposes. When the Pharisees try to trap Jesus, he tells them

In Isaiah we are given a vision of the great feast to come, when God will wipe away death forever. In Jesus’ parable about a