On June twenty fourth the Supreme Court of the United States ruling on Roe v. Wade eviscerated fifty decades of civil rights and the protection of privacy for women’s healthcare decisions and bodily autonomy. The ruling automatically triggered the end of reproductive rights in many states and signals a probable…

Readings from the Catholic Comprehensive Lectionary: Proverbs 8:22–31, Psalm 8 (we substituted with Please Prepare Me by Beautiful Chorus), Romans 5:1–5; Luke 10:21–24. Happy Pride! You have no idea how long I have wanted to joyfully speak those words in a homily! As an inclusive Catholic community, we open our…

A homily for the 4th Sunday of Easter and Mother’s Day 2022 Readings: Acts 12:1–3, 5–7, 9–16 (CCL); She is Love (CAC); John 13:33a,34 + 21:15–19 (CCL). In our readings today, we are confronted with political, supernatural, and physical realities affecting Jesus’ first apostles. …

A homily for the second Sunday of Lent 2022, following readings from A Woman’s Lectionary for the Whole Church by Wilda C. Gafney. For human beings, very few things are as powerful as a story. Narrative has the power to persuade, encourage, challenge, subvert, control, and liberate. As listeners, we…

Homily for Ash Wednesday, 2022 Readings from A Women’s Lectionary for the Whole Church, Year W Joel 2:1–22, Ps. 90, 1 Corinthians 15:45–49, Matthew 6:1–9 Joel says, “let the priests weep!” And, I will be honest, I am tired of weeping. I hear the alarms, and they are hard on…

Mass readings from the Catholic Comprehensive Lectionary: Jeremiah 17:5-8, Peter 4:12-17, Ps. 63, Luke 6:17-26 I read a theological reflection this weekend from a fellow ESR seminary alum, Adriana Cabrera Velázquez, about the new Disney film, Encanto. She points to the ways it reflects images of God in Colombian culture…

A homily for the Baptism of Jesus — Todays’s readings are from A Woman’s Lectionary for the Whole Church, Cycle W: Isaiah 16:1–5; Psalm 33:11–22; Ephesians 3:1–6; Luke 3:21. Right before writing this homily, I saw a meme that said, “What a year this week has been.” I feel that. I know that none of us delight in…

Last night, I wrote an email (below) to our school board and superintendent to make a plea for an at least temporary reinstatement of a mask requirement in light of Omicron. On one hand, I had little hope that they would care or make any adjustments based on what I…

Longest Night Community Advent Service, Christmas Mass, $1500 Matching Gift For BICC Technology, Advent resources, outreach updates, upcoming Mass schedule, and recent homilies. Longest Night Community Advent Service 12/21/2021 at 7pm EST, in person at Calvary United Methodist Church (575 W Northfield Dr, Brownsburg, IN 46112); Livestream via Calvary’s website. To join online, follow this…