“If only we had died by the hand of the Lord in the land of Egypt, when we sat by fleshpots and ate our fill of bread; for you have brought us out into the wilderness to kill this whole assembly with hunger.” We talked last week about the stories that repeat themselves throughout the…
Month: September 2026
Proper 19(A) – The Director’s cut (Exodus 14: 19-31)
About ten years ago, Xavier and I had a couple of friends from Seminary who moved out to Pasadena to start working in a new church. A few months after that, we decided to visit them and take the opportunity to see Los Angeles for the first time. And one of the things we planned…
Proper 18(A) – Courage in the midst of conflicts (Matthew 18: 15-20)
One of the things Bishop Sarah does is to send by email to all those who have signed up a weekly reflection, it’s generally based on the lectionary and it’s usually a very short message, where she invites her readers to consider something for themselves about the Sunday Scriptures. And I really enjoyed what she…