The Rev. George Adamik reflects on Jesus’s challenging call to followers in Luke 14:25-33.

The Rev. George Adamik reflects on the history of Labor Day and today’s gospel (Luke 14:1, 7-14).

Luke 12:49-56
George shares his thoughts on his recent sabbatical and on the quote, “When we’re not hungry for justice, it’s usually because we’re too full with privilege.”

The Rev. George Adamik reflects on the how the disciples gather around a charcoal fire in scripture. In today’s gospel, John 21:1-19, Jesus meets with the fishermen around a charcoal fire, and in the days leading up to the crucifixion, there is a gathering around a charcoal fire as Peter denies Jesus. The candle light in today’s services is symbolic of that charcoal fire light.

John 20:1-18
George discusses our faith today and that young people today are “spiritually ravenous and institutionally suspicious.”

On Palm Sunday (Sunday of the Passion), the Rev. George Adamik reflects on the word “passion” and God’s steadfast love (Luke 22:14-23:56): “Often times, when we hear the word ‘passion’ — the Passion of Christ — it may bring to mind the suffering of Jesus, this violent death, this beating, the crown of thorns, rejection, hurt… And many would say Jesus did that for me; because Jesus did that, I’m saved. It’s a very common understanding, an ancient understanding. But at times, it presents the idea that somehow God the Father didn’t like us very much, that God the Father needed a sacrifice to love us again. I want to offer another lens to look at this word ‘passion’ — a minority opinion in the history of Christianity. It speaks to me, and I think it’s very Episcopalian.”

The Rev. George Adamik offers a different take on Jesus’s parable of the prodigal son (Luke 15:1-3, 11b-32).

The Rev. George Adamik reflects on this season of Lent (Deuteronomy 26:1-11): “I invite you to consider how to change the rhythm of our lives, to open ourselves to who God is calling us to be. Lent can be that wonderful opportunity. It begins at baptism. It begins with remembering we’ve walked into a community. We’re not doing this alone.”

On Ash Wednesday, the Rev. George Adamik reflects on baptism as Lent begins: “What do we need to do to get back to the waters of baptism? How do we get out of our regular rhythm and do something different, to be about something different?”

The Rev. George Adamik recounts a trip to the grocery store and discusses the radical message of Luke 6:27-38: “We’ve fallen into a time when it’s difficult to be open to another viewpoint. We defend our point rather than trying to open ourselves to relationship, to understanding the other viewpoint… The reason I bring this up is to lead us to the gospel we just read. It may be difficult to hear from the point where we view things… The ministry of Jesus was predominately to those on the margins, to those on the periphery of culture, to the poor, to the oppressed, to the enslaved, to those who had no hope…”