23rd Sunday of the Year – FIRST IMPRESSIONS 1

Lots of promises are being made during this election cycle. But complaints have been leveled at…

22nd Sunday of the Year – FIRST IMPRESSIONS 2

I have to admit to an initial discomfort at today’s gospel. Luke tells us Jesus has…

21st Sunday of the Year – “FIRST IMPRESSIONS” 2

The passage from Isaiah is from the third major section of the book (Chapters 56-66). The…

21st Sunday of the Year – FIRST IMPRESSIONS 1

Jesus sounds stern in today’s gospel. We are not used to the compassionate one talking this…

20th Sunday of the Year – FIRST IMPRESSIONS 2

Jesus has turned his face to Jerusalem (Luke 9:51), with his disciples following behind. On the way…

20th Sunday of the Year – FIRST IMPRESSIONS

I thought Jesus was supposed to bring peace to us? Isn’t that what the angels announced…

19th Sunday of the Year – FIRST IMPRESSIONS 2

Sometimes it is not hard to imagine the world in which Jesus lived. It seeps through…

19th Sunday of the Year – FIRST IMPRESSIONS

Last week we heard the parable of the rich fool who would tear down his barns…

18th Sunday of the Year – FIRST IMPRESSIONS

When our congregation hears the Ecclesiastes reading today they will wonder who Qoheleth is. It is…

17th Sunday of the Year – FIRST IMPRESSIONS

Here’s something you probably don’t know. Brooklyn is farm country. No, not like the farms in…