by afladmin | Jul 7, 2025
By: The Rev. Canon Greg Goebel In Romans chapter 9, the Apostle Paul writes of “great sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart” for is brothers, his kinsmen, the Jews. As a Jew who has found Jesus, the Messiah, Paul is brokenhearted that not all of his brothers and...
by afladmin | Jun 25, 2025
By: The Rev. Canon Greg Goebel In this Gospel reading we find that Jesus takes Peter, James, and John up the mountain to pray. They needed a mountaintop experience. They needed to see Jesus in all of his glory and to hear God announce, once again, that Jesus is His...
by afladmin | Jun 25, 2025
By: The Rev. Canon Greg Goebel How do these words strike you: shepherds are trash. They are lowborn people whose lives are of no consequence. If they were valuable to God, they wouldn’t have been born as shepherds. They don’t really understand the Law, and they don’t...
by afladmin | Jun 17, 2025
By: The Rev. Canon Greg Goebel John the Baptist looms large on the horizon during Advent. Why John? Isn’t this after the birth of Christ? Why would we read this before Christmas? John’s ministry was to prepare the way for Christ, which is what we are doing during...
by afladmin | Jun 17, 2025
By: The Rev. Canon Greg Goebel Who do people today say that Jesus is? A religious figure. A prophet. An inspirational figure. A good person. A misunderstood person. A name they’ve heard. Who do you say that he is? Peter replied, “You are the Christ, the Son of the...
