Readings: Jeremiah 23:1-6; Ephesians 2: 13-18; Mark 6:30-34 Click here to download a PDF of this homily. Preacher: Nora Bradbury-Haehl Several years ago, when we lived out on the edge of town, I got it into my head that I’d like to have a miniature sheep. My long-suffering husband was kind enough not to point out that it was a… read more →
Readings: Acts 10: 34A, 37-43; Colossians 3:1-4 or 1 Corinthians 5: 6B-8; John 20: 1-9 Preacher: Nora Bradbury-Haehl It was still dark. Her friend, her teacher, had been taken. Had been tortured. To death. It was still dark. All the hopes they’d had, all the love they had shared, With insiders and outsiders, with the mighty and the lowly,… read more →
Readings: Isaiah 55:6-9; Philippians 1:20C-24, 27A; Matthew 20: 1-16A Click here to download a PDF of this homily Preacher: Nora Bradbury-Haehl When I was a kid and complained, “That’s not fair,” my dad, the smart-aleck philosopher, always delivered a quick response with a twinkle in his eye and a little twitch at the corner of his… read more →
Readings: Ezekiel 37: 12-14; Romans 8: 8-11; John 11: 1-45 Preacher: Nora Bradbury-Haehl Back in the 90’s Tori Amos had a song that went, “God sometimes you just don’t come through. Do you need a woman to look after you?” I’ve been feeling a lot like Tori lately, like God somehow dropped the ball or stopped paying attention. As I… read more →
Readings: Genesis 18:1-10a; Colossians 1: 24-28; Luke 10: 38-42 Preacher: Nora Bradbury Haehl For me this Gospel reading is personal. It’s personal not only because I’m a little sister as well as a big sister (number 5 out of 7 girls), but also because I know what it feels like to want an equal place and have someone else say,… read more →
Readings: Zephaniah 3:14-18a; Philippians 4:4-7; Luke 3:10-18 When I was pregnant with my oldest daughter my family held a baby shower for me. I usually only dress up when I have to or when I haven’t done laundry and don’t have anything else clean. And pregnancy was no exception for me. I still remember the dress I wore to the… read more →