Posts by The Rev. Mike Mayor

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.…

ReadingsDeuteronomy 4:1-2, 6-9Psalm 15James 1:17-27Mark 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23 I want to start with a story that I have shared with some of you in different contexts that strikes me as…

ReadingsJoshua 24:1-2a,14-18Psalm 34:15-22Ephesians 6:10-20John 6:56-69 Have you ever wanted something so bad you could taste it? It consumed your waking thoughts and sometimes even crept into your dreams. Whatever it…

ReadingsProverbs 9:1-6Psalm 34:9-14Ephesians 5:15-20John 6:51-58 For the fourth Sunday in a row, we hear Jesus talk about himself as bread. The truth is that, for me as a preacher, it…

Readings1 Kings 19:4-8Psalm 34:1-8Ephesians 4:25-5:2John 6:35, 41-51 Who here remembers Wonder Bread? It was my favorite bread as a kid. It was soft and just a little sweet. It was,…

ReadingsExodus 16:2-4,9-15Psalm 78:23-29Ephesians 4:1-16John 6:24-35 My mom was a great cook. She was from Virginia, and she excelled at all of those wonderful southern dishes that taste so good, even…

Readings2 Kings 4:42-44Psalm 145:10-19Ephesians 3:14-21John 6:1-21 We once again find ourselves in a political season marked by all the stuff that goes with it. Already we are being bombarded with…