Brent Ness

The story of Jesus’ encounter with the woman of Samaria is my favorite story in my least favorite Gospel. 

Happy Birthday St. Paul & St. Andrew! On March 5, 1835, this congregation came together formally for the first time.

We are reflecting this Lent on how we can answer the call to be “repairers of the breach.”

Happy Transfiguration Sunday! The final Sunday before Lent always brings us to the mountaintop, the high place where Jesus holds a summit…

The thrust of Jesus’ advice to us is this: trust God and live in the blessing of this moment.

When Jesus speaks to his followers in the Sermon on the Mount, he doesn’t say that they could be, might be, or even will be salt and light.

That’s the way Matthew’s gospel introduces the famous Sermon on the Mount. For the following 111 verses, Jesus speaks and speaks…

We sometimes get the impression that Jesus goes out hunting for disciples, looking for disciple-y looking people as he walks along the shore.

These are the first words Jesus speaks in the Gospel According to John. He asks that of two disciples of John the Baptist who have caught a glimpse of him…

Happy Epiphany! The Epiphany (literally, a sudden appearance, as in the sunrise) marks the moment when Jesus is seen by the Wise Ones…