Bible Text: Mark 2:23-3:6 | Keeping the Sabbath was very important to the people of Jesus' day, but he challenged their understanding of the Sabbath. So how are we to…

Bible Text: John 3:1-17 | Religious doctrine causes most people to just glaze over, and, tragically, causes some to take up arms.  The doctrine of the Trinity teaches us some…

Bible Text: John 15:26-27; 16:4b-15 | There are many things the Bible tells us that the Holy Spirit will do.  In today's Gospel for Pentecost, we hear about three that…

Bible Text: John 17:6-19 | John has many things to say about the Christian and Jesus in relation to "the world" (Greek is "cosmos"). This passage helps clarify what He…

Bible Text: John 15:9-17 | Our faith teaches is that joy is not found in pursuing our own wants and tastes but in serving God, which means serving others.  Augustine…

Bible Text: John 15:1-8 | "I am the true vine" is the last of Jesus' "I Am" declarations and, as such, has a lot more packed in that we might…

Bible Text: John 10:11-18 | Not only do we have a strong tendency to believe ourselves abandoned in times of struggle, but it is very painful and destructive.  God offers…

Bible Text: Luke 24:36b-48 | The Gospel writers, especially Luke the physician who we read this week, were at great pains to demonstrate that Jesus' resurrection is real.  This is…

| The Rt. Rev. Gregory O. Brewer, Bishop of Central Florida preaches on his parish visitation.

Bible Text: Mark 16:1-8 | Jesus' death and resurrection are not just so we can have a nicer life but so that we can be connected to our creator with…