Advent 2 | Year B | Mark 1:1-8 | TJ Torgerson Today is the second Sunday of Advent. Advent is a time of waiting and anticipation. In our...

Advent 1 | Year B | Isaiah 64:1-9, Psalm 80:1-7, 17-19, 1 Corinthians 1:3-9, Mark 13:24-37 | Christopher Miner As we enter the first...

Proper 29 - Christ the King | Year A | Ephesians 1:15-23 | TJ Torgerson An older lady was recently asked, "How can we pray for you?"...

Proper 28 | Year A | Matthew 25:14-20 | TJ Torgerson This week’s Gospel reading is a familiar one: the parable of the talents (the NIV...

Proper 27 | Year A | Joshua 24:1-3a, 14-25; Psalm 78:1-7; Amos 5:18-24 | Christopher Miner This quote, of course, is a famous line from...

All Saints day Observed Proper 26 | Year A | Matthew 5:1-12 | TJ Torgerson The gospel reading for All Saints Day(November 1st) is Matthew...

After Pentecost (Proper 25) | Year A | Christopher Miner I'm deviating from the Lectionary texts because I live in Maine. If you haven't...

After Pentecost (Proper 24) | Year A | Exodus 33:12-23 | TJ Torgerson As a teenager, a friend and I drove a couple hours to attend a...

After Pentecost (Proper 23) | Year A | Matthew 22:1-14 | Christopher Miner The Gospel lesson this week caught my attention for a reason...

After Pentecost (Proper 22 ) | Year A | Philippians 3:4-14 | TJ Torgerson This week's New Testament Lectionary passage is Phil 3:4-14....

After Pentecost (Proper 21 ) | Year A | Philippians 2:1-13 | John Wesley This week I did something a little different. Below is a...

After Pentecost (Proper 20 ) | Year A | Jonah 3:10-4:11 | TJ Torgerson The title of this week’s devotional is alliterated with 3 P’s, so...

After Pentecost (Proper 19 ) | Year A | Matthew 18:21-25 | TJ Torgerson Picture this scenario: you pay your cable bill a couple of days...

After Pentecost (Proper 18 ) | Year A | Psalm 149 | Nancy Smith There is power in praise, isn’t that true? I can be having the worst...

After Pentecost (Proper 17 ) | Year A | Exodus 3:1-15 | Michael Watts I have always wanted to be a dad. When I was a little kid, I...

After Pentecost (Proper 16 ) | Year A | Romans 12:1-8 | TJ Torgerson This week's New Testament passage is Romans 12:1-8. This passage...

After Pentecost (Proper 15 ) | Year A | Matthew 15:10-28 | TJ Torgerson I told a friend today that for this week's blog, I am going to...

After Pentecost (Proper 14 ) | Year A | Romans 10 | TJ Torgerson In Romans 1-9 Paul shows us how God has been faithful to the Israelite...

After Pentecost (Proper 11/12 ) | Year A | Romans 8:18-39 | TJ Torgerson The topic of suffering comes up frequently in the Bible. One...

After Pentecost (Proper 11 ) | Year A | Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43 | TJ Torgerson When I was growing up, seeing the letters WWJD (What...