Posts by The Rev. Mike Mayor

ReadingsIsaiah 35:1-10Psalm 146:4-9James 5:7-10Matthew 11:2-11 Do you believe or do you have faith? Not long ago such a question would have left me confused and perhaps it leaves you in…

ReadingsIsaiah 11:1-10Psalm 72:1-7, 18-19Romans 15:4-13Matthew 3:1-12 Who among us wouldn’t agree that we live in a broken world surrounded by a broken humanity. Whether we are talking about the ravages…

ReadingsIsaiah 2:1-5Psalm 122Romans 13:11-14Matthew 24:36-44 In the Gospel this morning we hear Jesus speaking about the coming of the Son of Man. We hear him, put simply, talking about his…

ReadingsDaniel 7:1-3,15-18Psalm 149Ephesians 1:11-23Luke 6:20-31 Blessed are you who are poor. Blessed are you who are hungry now. Blessed are you who weep now. Blessed are you when people hate…

ReadingsIsaiah 1:10-18Psalm 32:1-82 Thessalonians 1:1-4, 11-12Luke 19:1-10 Unlike most Sundays, today’s sermon is not based on the readings we have just heard. Today I want to talk to you about…

ReadingsJeremiah 14:7-10,19-22Psalm 84:1-62 Timothy 4:6-8,16-18Luke 18:9-14 One of the great difficulties of this time of the year, in terms of what we read in the Gospels, is that many of…

ReadingsGenesis 32:22-31Psalm 1212 Timothy 3:14-4:5Luke 18:1-8 Because of how this Gospel passage opens we might be tempted to assume we know what this parable is all about. It says it…

Readings2 Kings 5:1-3, 7-15cPsalm 1112 Timothy 2:8-15Luke 17:11-19  Today we have a story from the Hebrew Scriptures about a man named Naaman from the country of Aram. He was a…

ReadingsHabakkuk 1:1-4, 2:1-4Psalm 37:1-102 Timothy 1:1-14Luke 17:5-10 Yet again, we have a difficult lesson in today’s Gospel. Jesus speaks of faith and miracles and then of masters and slaves. At…

ReadingsAmos 6:1a,4-7Psalm 1461 Timothy 6:6-19Luke 16:19-31 Today’s Gospel lesson is a challenging one. In it Jesus describes something of a desperate situation marked by the stark differences between the rich…