The Rev. Jonathan R. Thomas October 2, 2016 (Proper 22C) Luke 17:5-10 A Sufficient Faith After college, before I went back to seminary to become a priest, I spent a few years teaching high school English. I taught literature to freshmen and a college preparatory writing class for seniors. One of the hardest things…
Rev. Jonathan R Thomas August 7, 2016 (Proper 14C) Heb.11:1-3, 8-16 & Lk 12:32-40 Holding on to Faith The letter to the Hebrews is one of the latest books written to make it into the New Testament. That’s important for understanding it. In the letters written by the Apostle Paul earlier in the…
The Rev. Jonathan R. Thomas August 23, 2015 (Proper 16B) Joshua 24:1-2,14-18 & John 6:56-69 The Words of Life In our Old Testament lesson we have the story of the Israelites who are finally standing in the midst of the promised land after the trials in Egypt, the wandering in the desert, and the battles…
That which we dare invoke to bless; Our dearest faith; our ghastliest doubt; He, They, One, All; within, without; The Power in darkness whom we guess; This is how Alfred, Lord Tennyson begins a section of In Memoriam (124) in which he wrestles with the seeming silence of God during tragedy, a struggle that seems…