by Rev. Karen Kinney | Apr 20, 2025
Most Good Fridays over the past years, I have watched part of Franco Zeffirelli’s 1977 Jesus of Nazareth series, focused on the scenes from the Last Supper to the Crucifixion. Those scenes fill me with grief – how could the political and religious leaders of his day...
by Rev. Karen Kinney | Apr 6, 2025
Zacchaeus was a wee little man And a wee little man was heHe climbed up in a sycamore tree For the Lord he wanted to seeAnd when the Savior passed that way He looked up in the treeAnd said, ‘Zacchaeus, you come down! For I’m going to your house today!For...
by Rev. Karen Kinney | Mar 30, 2025
I want to set some context this morning. In the preceding chapter, Jesus has been healing on the Sabbath and telling a parable about a banquet at which the expected type of guests refuse to come, so the banquet thrower tells his servants to find the poor, the lame,...
by Rev. Karen Kinney | Mar 23, 2025
Every year, I plant a row of zinnias in my backyard. And, then I wait because those seeds take a bit of time to come up. Sometimes, the seeds result in a glorious row of brightly colored flowers and sometimes they resemble a sad sack, hit or miss row of blooms...
by Rev. Karen Kinney | Mar 16, 2025
How many of you have ever heard a sermon about this story that asked if you were a Martha or a Mary? A doer or a listener? A worker bee or a faithful church goer? What if this is all just a false binary? What if these aren’t the right questions to ask at all? Because...
by Rev. Karen Kinney | Mar 9, 2025
It’s important to know a few things about what is happening in this narrative from Luke. First, this “expert in the law”, is trying to trip Jesus up. This question is a test. He should know that eternal life in his time was a gift freely given – one didn’t have to do...
