How do we respond in times of turmoil, in times of crisis, in times of rapid change, in times in which hope is in all too short of a supply?

Detail from the Transfiguration, modern icon, written by Ivanka Demchuk, Ukraine by the Rev. Leslie Scoopmire Readings: Exodus 34:29-35...

--by the Rev. Leslie Barnes Scoopmire Readings: Genesis 45:3-11, 15 Psalm 37:1-12, 41-42 1 Corinthians 15:35-38,42-50 Luke 6:27-38   A...

La sermon de béatitudes, James Tissot, from The Life of Christ series, 1886-1896   by the Rev. Leslie Scoopmire Readings: Jeremiah...

Mercy is at the heart of Jesus' ministry and at the heart of following Jesus and being part of the Body of Christ.

To find the inner peace that Jesus gives, as seekers we have to be willing to acknowledge, to ourselves first of all, what we are seeking.

Every time we hear this story, we get another chance to say yes, like Mary said yes and Joseph said yes and even those shepherds said yes

Readings for the Feast of All Saints, Year B Isaiah 25:6-9 Psalm 24 Revelation 21:1-6a John 11:32-44 -- The Rev. Leslie Scoopmire  ...

Readings for Proper 25B Job 42:1-6, 10-17 Psalm 34:1-8, (19-22) Hebrews 7:23-28 Mark 10:46-52  -- The Rev. Leslie Scoopmire   Once upon a...

What does it mean to have power? And what is the purpose of having power?

What things stand in the way of our own commitment to really following Jesus?

Every living thing reminds us that God’s wondrous love bears the world into being and sustains it in every moment.

What's Jesus saying to us now? Maybe it’s to look beyond the labels that divide us. There it is: “Whoever is not against us is for us."

Readings for Proper 20B: Proverbs 31:10-31 Psalm 1 James 3:13-4:3, 7-8a Mark 9:30-37  -- the Rev. Leslie Barnes Scoopmire   In the...

--by the Rev. Leslie Barnes Scoopmire Readings: 1 Kings 2:10-12; 3:3-14 Psalm 111 Ephesians 5:15-20 John 6:51-58   Are there any passages...

Readings: Isaiah 6:1-8 Psalm 29 Romans 8:12-17 John 3:1-17 -- The Rev. Leslie Scoopmire This is a glorious day that God has made, even...

--The Rev. Leslie Barnes Scoopmire One of the bittersweet things that will occur this summer in the life of the Episcopal Church, and, I...

--The Rev. Leslie Scoopmire Readings: Acts 1:1-11 Psalm 47 Ephesians 1:15-23 Luke 24:44-53 We are in the midst of a season of...

--the Rev. Leslie Scoopmire Readings: Mark 11:1-11 Isaiah 50:4-9a Psalm 31:9-16 Philippians 2:5-11 Mark 14:1-15:47 (divided at Mark 14:25...

--The Rev. Leslie Scoopmire Readings: Jeremiah 31:31-34 Psalm 51:1-13 Hebrews 5:5-10 John 12:20-33 The events of our gospel reading take...