Faith, amidst the rhetoric of our world, is more than a hobby. Finding stillness and grounding is about more than what we do with 20 minutes on a Thursday morning or an hour and change on a Sunday. Our faith is how we stay sane in a world with insane priorities.

When was the last time you danced? I expect for some of us, it has been awhile. Dancing teaches us about our bodies. Today, I want to talk about dancing, about bodies, and God.

Let me say at the outset, I can’t tell you what the Bible thinks a particular presidential candidate should or shouldn’t do. The Bible wasn’t written with prophecy about how the Supreme Court should function. If we go to the Bible with questions that specific, we’ll usually be disappointed. But the Bible can tell us a great deal about leadership.

What does Jesus mean when he says, "your faith has healed you?" The answer, according to St. Mark, might surprise you...

Jesus doesn’t ask his disciples to know much. He does as them to do mostly very slow moving things: to listen, to pray to love, to follow, to serve the people around us.

There’s an irony in today’s Gospel lesson, which may be hidden to us. We can take scripture ever so seriously. Even those of us who have left behind the more literalistic readings of our earlier lives, tend to treat the Bible with a certain gravitas.

In a troubling passage, Jesus disowns his mother and siblings. Mandy says it is something different to read this after marching in the LGBTQ+ Pride parade, and see all the folks offering "Free Mom Hugs"

I want to spend some time today talking about sabbath, but before we get there, we need to pause. Because discussions about the sabbath in this first century text, they need some cultural translation.