• Today is the day—for Epiphany 3C

    Today is the day—for Epiphany 3C

    When Jesus returns home, he heads to the synagogue where he reads from the scroll of Isaiah and makes everyone uncomfortable.

  • Being on the hook for good things

    Being on the hook for good things

    When Jesus declares the day of the Lord’s favor in the reading from Isaiah, he’s inviting us to share in the making of this reality.

  • Between Epiphany 2 + 3 (Year C)

    Between Epiphany 2 + 3 (Year C)

    Before we find Jesus at the well with a woman, we should check out what the lectionary skipped over, which includes dueling baptists.

  • Graced to see grace

    Graced to see grace

    It is the servants who witness the miracle, not the guests. The ones who are invited to do the work, to participate in sharing God’s grace.

  • What the wedding at Cana reveals about us

    What the wedding at Cana reveals about us

    In preparing to preach on the wedding at Cana story, we have several options, but always present is Jesus’s economics.

  • Serving the best stuff—for Epiphany 2C

    Serving the best stuff—for Epiphany 2C

    In the wedding feast at Cana, we see Jesus’s first miracle; but it is a curious one. It sets a tone for what kind of miracle-worker he is.

  • Prudence is not as virtuous as generosity

    Prudence is not as virtuous as generosity

    There is a common perception that we be smart with money — and that poverty is evidence of stupidity. The real virtue is generosity.

  • Between Epiphany 1 + 2 (Year C)

    Between Epiphany 1 + 2 (Year C)

    The awkward experience of realizing the “first miracle” of Jesus isn’t the first or most important thing Jesus did after his baptism.