Author: Rev. Jeffrey Tooke

Our readings today at Trinity Buffalo bring us to our end of the new Season of Creation and celebrating St. Francis with Jeremiah 22:13-16, a quote from “Our Relationship with Creation” by Brother Keith Nelson, SSJE, and Luke 12:22-32. We hear about God’s dream of our oneness with Him, Creation and one another, and whether… Read more

Our readings today at St. Mark’s and All Saints, Buffalo, NY, are Proverbs 31: 10-31, Psalm 1, James 3:13-4:3, 7-8a, and Mark9:30-37. We hear about how Jesus responds when his disciples are more concerned about greatness than the journey ahead. We learn that despite missing the mark, God wants our “yes” to Him and Beloved… Read more

Our readings at St. Philip’s Episcopal Church were Proverbs 22: 1-2, 8-9, 22-23; Psalm 125; Isaiah 35: 4-7a; Psalm 146; James 2: 1-10, [11-13], 14-17 and Mark 7: 24-37 using the Vanderbilt Lectionary presentation for today. We hear of truth telling for Jesus about his mission being beyond the House of Israel and the ramifications for… Read more

Today, our readings are 1 Kings 8:(1,6,10-11), 22-30, 41-43, Psalm 84, Ephesians 6:10-20 John 6:56-69. We hear Jesus use imagery that was sure to upset and disgust his listeners, but if we try to understand through a clearer lens, it seems that he is expressing the desire to be our everything and to have us… Read more

Today, our readings were 1 Kings 19:4-8, “Daily Communion at the MiniMart on Rte 31” by Brooke James, and John 6:35, 41-51. Everyone is hungry for something, and everyone has something to offer. We are bread for one another if we embrace vulnerability with our self and others. Read more

I think that this week’s Gospel reading of Mark 6:1-13 has something to say about expectations and hope. We’ve seen in the Gospels that the disciples, who may have thought Jesus was the hope of Israel, had several different expectations of what this hope was and what the hope of a Messiah might be. We… Read more

While there is often much attention to individual conversion and salvation in religious circles, I believe that we are saved together as we journey together exploring and interacting with the sacred within and around us. Only through our journey together does the sacred makes sense. We are not meant to be alone; we are meant… Read more