Posts by The Rev. Mike Mayor

ReadingsDaniel 12:1-3Psalm 16Hebrews 10:11-14 (15-18) 19-25Mark 13:1-8 I have a cute story to start out with today that I may have shared with some of you before. There once were…

Readings1 Kings 17:8-16Psalm 146Hebrews 9:24-28Mark 12:38-44 Today we hear the perennial story of what is commonly referred to as the “widow’s mite.” For many of us who grew up in…

ReadingsWisdom of Solomon 3:1-9Psalm 24Revelation 21:1-6aJohn 11:32-44 On this All Saints Sunday I want to ask you a question. “What is a saint?” It may seem like an obvious question…

ReadingsJeremiah 31:7-9Psalm 126Hebrews 7:23-28Mark 10:46-52 Over the last few weeks, we have had a theme of blindness and recovery of sight in what we have read from the Gospel of…

ReadingsIsaiah 53:4-12Psalm 91:9-16Hebrews 5:1-10Mark 10:35-45 In today’s Gospel passage we have a very human story about James and John, the sons of Zebedee. You see, these two guys are the…

ReadingsAmos 5:6-7,10-15Psalm 90:12-17Hebrews 4:12-16Mark 10:17-31 In today’s Gospel Jesus is approached by a rich young man, who asks him, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?” Jesus responds by…

ReadingsNumbers 11:4-6,10-16,24-29Psalm 19:7-14James 5:13-20Mark 9:38-50 I think many of you already know this, but I was once the Rector of a church in Salt Lake City. It was, to say…

ReadingsJeremiah 11:18-20Psalm 54James 3:13-4:3, 7-8aMark 9:30-37 You know they say that confession is good for the soul. So let me confess to you that when I was younger, I was…

ReadingsIsaiah 50:4-9aPsalm 116:1-8James 3:1-12Mark 8:27-38 As I reflected on our Gospel passage this past week, I recalled an event from decades ago. Thirty-one years ago, I started my seminary education,…

ReadingsIsaiah 35:4-7aPsalm 146James 2:1-10, [11-13], 14-17Mark 7:24-37 I don’t know about you, but when I heard today’s Gospel I found it to be a difficult and challenging story about Jesus.…