• God’s Reversals (Third Sunday after Epiphany)

  Sermons on YouTube… Although it often goes unnoticed, today’s Gospel reading begins with a big reversal of what an original reader might have expected.  Jesus has recently been baptized by […]

  January 25, 2026 Sermon Reflections

• Hanging Out with Jesus (Second Sunday after Epiphany)

  Sermons on YouTube… In today’s Gospel reading, people begin to follow Jesus, both literally and figuratively.  It begins – at least in John’s Gospel – with John the Baptist pointing […]

  January 18, 2026 Sermon Reflections

• Righteousness (The Baptism of Our Lord)

  Sermons on YouTube… For the last several weeks, we’ve celebrated Jesus’ birth.  We’ve remembered the arrival of the Magi, and the presentation of gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh.  And […]

  January 11, 2026 Sermon Reflections

• Stars (The Epiphany of Our Lord)

  Sermons on YouTube… Often, when Gospel writers relate a story, they want to emphasize certain events and specific things that important characters say.  And so I often suspect that they […]

  January 4, 2026 Sermon Reflections