Posts by The Rev. Mike Mayor

ReadingsWisdom of Solomon 1:13-15; 2:23-24Psalm 302 Corinthians 8:7-15Mark 5:21-43 Following on last week’s Gospel story, today we have a second story about the power of Jesus. In fact, we have…

ReadingsJob 38:1-11Psalm 107:1-3, 23-322 Corinthians 6:1-13Mark 4:35-41 Whether looking at our current political state, our current social state, or the state of the environment it is, for many of us,…

ReadingsEzekiel 17:22-24Psalm 92:1-4,11-142 Corinthians 5:6-10, [11-13],14-17Mark 4:26-34 I’ve always been fascinated by plants. It is nothing less than a wonder and a mystery how something can start out as a…

ReadingsGenesis 3:8-15Psalm 1302 Corinthians 4:13-5:1Mark 3:20-35 I’ve been thinking a lot about the current state of affairs in our world. How divided we have become and how quick we are…

ReadingsDeuteronomy 5:12-15Psalm 81:1-102 Corinthians 4:5-12Mark 2:23-3:6 The difficulty with Gospel passages like the one we have today is that, for many of us, the words are so familiar that we…

ReadingsIsaiah 6:1-8Psalm 29 or Canticle 13Romans 8:12-17John 3:1-17 On Sundays like this one I often like to start my sermon with humor, but you know what? There really aren’t a…

ReadingsActs 2:1-21Psalm 104:25-35, 37Romans 8:22-27John 15:26-27; 16:4b-15 On this feast of Pentecost, this fiftieth day of Easter, we hear again the story of the gift of the Holy Spirit, and…

ReadingsActs 1:15-17, 21-26Psalm 11 John 5:9-13John 17:6-19 Today, as we near the end of Easter, we do something interesting in terms of our Gospel reading. We go back. Back before…

ReadingsActs 10:44-48Psalm 981 John 5:1-6John 15:9-17 In today’s Gospel we once again hear the call to love one another. At first reading it almost seems like a repeat of last…

ReadingsActs 8:26-40Psalm 22:24-301 John 4:7-21John 15:1-8 What is it that makes us Christians? What is it that makes me, or you, someone who can claim that name? It may seem…