Pastor’s Notes

“Save The Date,” Recognize that refrigerator magnet?  “Save the date,” is often the first step of announcing a wedding.  The official invitation follows announcing what everyone already knows.  “The end is near!” at least as far as the single life.  Two people who had…

Pastor’s Notes

“A Pain in the Neck.”    That’s the traditional explanation given for the main character of this weekend’s Gospel story.  We know people like her.  The judge in Luke’s story is often interpreted with the role of the God-figure.  God is, implicitly distant, the one…

Pastor’s Notes

“Whatever town you enter and they welcome you eat what is put before you. Cure the sick and say to them, “The Kingdom of Heaven is at hand.” Sounds like my mother gave before we ate a meal at a relative’s house.  Gospel “Cooth,”…