Word came by phone, delivered by a stranger I never did meet. Nine years ago, my husband, the father of four, died in a hospital emergency room after efforts to coax his heart back into service fell ...

Find today’s readings here. A few Sundays back, on Nov. 10, the 32nd Sunday of Ordinary Time, the Lectionary gave us Mark’s version of the widow’s offering. I was preaching that Sunday, and the key I ...

Since the Oct. 7 attack on Israel, 846 IDF soldiers have been killed, 407 of them in Gaza. Many of these soldiers, particularly those in the reserves, left behind wives and children. In response, the ...

The passage (Mark 12:41–44) about the poor widow who put “everything she had” in the temple treasury was among the lectionary readings a few weeks ago, and it’s a frequent text for stewardship sermons ...