WESLEY ARNING

Paul explains to them that Christian baptism is “into Jesus.” Faith is not in the Holy Spirit, it’s in Jesus, but if you believe in Jesus

You are loved not because of anything that you bring to the table. Mary wasn’t known for her beauty, Joseph for his intelligence, or the

This longing to be freed, to be safe and made whole again is caught up in the division and darkness that is presently working in this

This is not a parable about investing your money, it is about investing your life—all that you are and all that you possess—into God’

This invisible Body of Christ is made up of all the faithful who have gone before us. It began with St. Stephen, the first martyr of the

As followers of the Crucified and Risen Lord, we cannot exchange sorrow for hope instantly. We cannot discard grief and pain that is brought

Another way to think about this messianic feast is that it’s not a fully catered meal—wait staff and all. Don’t doubt for a second that this

“Who ya with?” really gets to the heart of Jesus’ entire ministry. Slowly but surely he has been telling people that his authority is

Life is too precious, and our gospel work too serious, to be sidetracked by personal offenses that we’ve allowed to grow deep roots in our

The task of the second half of life is to find the contents that the container was meant to hold. Up to this point, everything has been mere

The gospel is actually really persuasive. Shame on us as the church if we have ever made the Good News of Jesus boring and dull because

What we prioritize, both great and small, shape the life of the disciple, and as much as it makes us fidget in our pew this morning, Jesus

And so, whether you can have children or not, that hopeless and lonely feeling is the link that connects these women with each of us; their

Babylon could’ve become a graveyard for their people, their history, and their faith, but a miracle happened—Babylon actually became a time

Jerusalem may have been where Jesus died, but Galilee is where he lived. By summoning the disciples back home, Jesus is bringing them out

In a few moments, we will come up to the altar rail to receive this humbling reminder, but notice that we do something strange in this

When it comes to being faithful stewards of creation and the ground on which we stand, it appears that our first act is to open our eyes and

When rooted to the simple, yet transformational, call of the Gospel, religion can only be sublime because, in some strange way, we are

Many times, we have allowed the names we have given ourselves, or the ones people have given us, to shape us in tremendous (and many times

For us today, gratitude is not three easy steps away. Instead, it is a natural reaction to the God who provides…whose provision is so