Love from St. Luke's

This week, our congregation celebrated the Feast of St. Luke, even as we mourned in the wake of another school shooting. In this episode, we'll talk about what Saint Luke and Jesus might have to say about gun violence in America. Cover art created using Microsoft Designer AI. Theme music, "Shine your Light," generated with aimusic.so.

This week, Jesus tells the pilgrims in the Temple an especially difficult parable, We examine it together with the advice Saint Paul gave to the members of the Church at Philippi. Cover art created with Microsoft Designer AI. Theme music, "Shine Your Light," generated with aimusic.so.

This week, Jesus continues his debate with the Sanhedrin telling a parable that has taken on a troubling history. we consider what Saint Francis of Assisi might teach us about it. Cover art created with Microsoft Designer AI. Theme music, "Shine your Light," generated with aimusic.so.

This week, the Sanhedrin challenges Jesus's authority, without much success. We'll consider what Matthew 21:23-32 teaches us about the limitations of either/or thinking, especially in the context of care for Creation. Cover art created with Microsoft Designer AI. Theme music, "Shine Your Light," generated with aimusic.so.

This week, Jesus illustrates his promise that "the first will be last, and the last will be first" with one of his most thought provoking parables. Cover art created with AI by Max Mcgregor. Theme music, "Shine Your Light," generated with aimusic.so.

This week, We listen in on a conversation between Peter and Jesus about what God expects from us when it comes to forgiveness. We begin with a reading from Chapter 18, Verses 21-35 of the Gospel of Matthew. Cover art created by Max McGregor using NightCafe Studio AI. Theme music, "Shine your Light," generated using aimusic.so.

This week, Jesus teaches the disciples how to respond when someone sins against them, giving us a lesson in the imortance of persisting in love. Cover art created with Microsoft Designer AI. Theme music, "Shine your Light," generated with aimusic,so.

This week, we examine one of Peter's finest moments when he correctly identifies Jesus as the Messiah, and consider what we can learn from Peter's simple, faithful declaration. Cover art created with Microsoft Designer AI. Theme music, "Shine Your Light," generated with aimusic.so.

This week, Jesus has some uncharacteristically harsh words for a Canaanite woman. We'll consider what this episode means for us. Podcast art created by Max Mcgregor using Night Cafe AI. Theme music, "Shine Your Light," generated with aimusic.so.

This week's episode focuses on two of the greatest figures in Scripture, the Prophet Elijah and St. Peter. We'll look at situations where each of them faltered in his service to God, and how the Lord sustained them. Cover art created by Max McGregor with Night Cafe AI. Theme music, "Shine your Light," generated with aimusic.so.

This week, Matthew describes one of the most important miracles in Jesus's ministry, the Feeding of the Five Thousand. This episode considers what this miracle tells us about the Kingdom of God, and how Paul's understanding of the Kingdom differs from what you might previously have been taught. Cover art created with Microsoft Designer AI. Theme music, "Shine Your Light," generated with aimusic.so...

This week, we listen in on a conversation between God and King Solomon. We then look at several of Jesus's short parables and the disciples' reaction to them to consider what makes us truly wise. Cover art created with Microsoft Designer AI. Theme music, "Shine Your Light," generated with aimusic.so.

This week, we examine Jesus's Parable of the Wheat and the Tares in the context of a passage from the Wisdom of Solomon. Cover art created with Microsoft Designer AI. Theme music, "Shine your Light," generated with aimusic.so.

This week, we take a look at Jesus's Parable of the Sower to see what it tells us about our Creator. Cover art created by Max McGregor using AI. Theme music, "Shine your Light," generated with aimusic.so.

As we celebrate the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence this week, we'll consider how well our country and the Episcopal Church have historically fulfilled Jesus's instruction to be perfect as his Father in heaven is perfect. Cover art created using Microsoft Designer AI. Theme music, "Shine your Light," generated by aimusic.so.

This week, we consider what Jesus means when he tells his disciples, and us, that God "rewards" his faithful followers. Cover art created using Microsoft Designer AI. Theme music, "Shine your Light," generated by aimusic.so.

this week, St Luke's Church was honored by a visit from the Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Maryland, the Right Reverend Carrie Schofield-Broadbent. You can hear her wonderful sermon on our Facebook page, https://www.facebook.com/search/top?q=st.%20luke%27s%20eastport . Instead of trying to reproduce her sermon here, this first episode of our 3rd season focuses on Reverend Lauren's approach to...

This week, we consider what the coming of God's kingdom would mean to people living in a world dominated by the Roman Empire. Cover art created with Microsoft Designer AI.

In this episode, Jesus reminds some indignant Pharisees of what the Father, Adona, truly desires from his people. It's a reminder to us as well. We'll examine the Hebrew word chesed , Which means steadfast love, kindness and mercy. Cover art created with Microsoft Designer AI.

This week, we celebrate Trinity Sunday, the Church's commemoration of God as Father, Son and Holy Spirit. We'll explore Matthew's observation that the disciples worshiped Jesus at his Ascension, but "some doubted." Cover art created by Max McGregor using AI.

This week, we celebrate the arrival of the Holy Spirit on the Feast of Pentecost as well as Memorial Day. While Pentecost is traditionally celebrated as the birthday of the Church, the conjunction of the two holidays on the calendar this year invites us to look at this very special feast day from a different perspective. Cover art created using Microsoft AI.

This last week of the Easter season, we examine Jesus's final prayer at the Last Supper, asking what it is that a God might want to pray for, Cover art courtesy of Max McGregor, created with the assistance of AI.

In this week's episode, we return to Jesus's Farewell Discourse, focusing on his promise to send the Holy Spirit of truth to His disciples. And, in honor of Mother's Day, we also remember the mothers whose influence helped to shape the Gospels. Cover art created with Microsoft Designer.

This episode focuses on an excerpt from Jesus Farewell Discourse in the Gospel of John . We'll consider what Jesus meant when he told his disciples that there are many "mansions" in His Father's house, and how our fantasies about Heaven may distort our understanding of the Kingdom of God. Cover art courtesy of Max McGregor, generated with AI.

This week, we celebrate Jesus as the Good Shepherd and consider what he meant when he referred to his followers as sheep. Cover art courtesy of Max McGregor, prepared using AI.