Sunday, August 23, 2026 – Isaiah 51:1-6, Psalm 138, Romans 12:1-8, Matthew 16:13-20 There was a television show I used to love called Undercover Boss. The premise was simple. The CEO of a large company would put on a disguise and go to work alongside the ordinary employees who actually made the company function. And
Sunday, August 16, 2026 – Isaiah 56:1, 6-8, Psalm 67, Romans 11:1-2a, 29-32, Matthew 15:[10-20] 21-28 There is something wonderfully expansive about our readings today. Isaiah hears God saying, “My house shall be called a house of prayer for all peoples.” The psalmist cries, “Let all the peoples praise you,” and imagines God guiding all
Sunday, August 9, 2026 – 1 Kings 19:9-18, Psalm 85:8-13, Romans 10:5-15, Matthew 14:22-33 Fear has a way of making the world seem much larger than it really is. It magnifies every danger, every uncertainty, every possibility of failure until those things become all we can see. Most of us know what that’s like. We’ve
Sunday, August 2, 2026 – Isaiah 55:1-5, Psalm 145:8-9, 14-21, Romans 9:1-5, Matthew 14:13-21 One of the things I’ve learned over the years is that my body is constantly teaching me spiritual lessons. As many of you know, I have to be pretty careful about what I eat. If I wander too far from the
