“It’s too peopley out there.” Phrases like this were popular before the COVID-19 pandemic hit, but now they can mean a situation is too crowded for comfort, or that one’s faith in humanity is being shaken. In our readings today, God calls humanity to turn away from “peopley” things like domination and unbridled power and […]

What would happen if we could look at Planet Earth the way that God sees it? A blue marble in the depths of space, it is at once beautiful, fragile, awe-inspiring, and beloved. God sees our planet with great love, creates and celebrates it as good, and calls us to do the same. This worship […]

Jesus’ own disciples are losing confidence in him.  This “eat my body and drink my blood” stuff is just too much for them.  Jesus knows that you can’t force belief, but at the same time, his followers are not called to eat the bread of life and leave the crusts behind.  Jesus came to feed […]

As Jesus talks about being the bread from heaven who brings life to the world, he gets into a sticky situation with the Jewish religious leaders about just how far this metaphor really goes.  Eating flesh?  Drinking blood?  Sounds a little bit…beyond the pale, for them and for us.  How do we receive what Jesus […]

What do you eat when you’re far from home? What do you need when you’re out of your comfort zone, when you’re at your wits’ end, when you find yourself beyond hope? Jesus does more than provide for our daily needs, he is there in our time of great need, nourishing us with food for […]

After feeding five thousand people, Jesus finds himself trying to explain this sign to the crowd, who just wants more bread. They wonder if he is like Moses, missing the fact that he is God, in their midst. People never do seem to understand Jesus! The kind of “bread” he brings is lasting closeness and […]