Text: Mark 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23; James 1: 17-27 Grace, Peace, and Mercy from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. I’d like to begin with a lesson from history. Growing up in Puerto Rico, if you paid attention to history class, we learned of the conquest of the Americas by the Spaniards, and we give special […]

Text: John 6:56-69, Ephesians 6:10-20, Joshua 24:1-2, 14-18 Grace, Peace, and Mercy from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. Beloved, what if I told you, that the Gospel can lead you to difficulty? That it can interrupt, upend, radicalize our world views for the sake of the Reign of God? The Gospel is hope, it […]

Texts: John 6:51-58, Ephesians 5:15-20, Proverbs 9:1-6 Grace, Peace and Mercy from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. I imagine many of us might remember the movie with the actor Robin Williams in Dead Poet’s Society, where he plays as the English teacher John Keating, instructing a group of young students, caught up in all […]