Monthly Archives: April 2016

Lord Jesus Christ, transform your church.  Help us to know your voice, your presence, to have the courage to trust in you even when we think we know a better way.  Help us throw doubt “to the other side,” that … Continue reading →

Laetare Sunday   Check in for Lent: Did you give up something? Add something? How is that going? How can we, your faith community and family, help you keep your commitment in the next two weeks?   With the kids: … Continue reading →

Exodus 3:1-15     Psalm 63:1-8     1 Corinthians 10:1-13     Luke 13:1-9 It sounds like today’s psalm is the perfect response to Jesus’ lament over Jerusalem from last week. Remember the lament: “Jerusalem, Jerusalem, … how often have I desired to gather your … Continue reading →

Genesis 15:1-12, 17-18     Psalm 27     Philippians 3:17-4:1     Luke 13:31-35   On being vulnerable – even uncomfortable – in Lent Confident people, it is said, walk like this: with their arms behind their backs, their “full fronts” exposed. This is a … Continue reading →

Deuteronomy 26:1-11; Psalm 91:1-2, 9-16; Romans 10:8b-13; Luke 4:1-13  Remember that you are dust, and to dust you shall return … The action of putting a cross of ashes on our heads is a powerful one.  Immediately following a reading … Continue reading →

Isaiah 61:10-62:3     Psalm 147:13-21     Galatians 3:23-25; 4:4-7     John 1:1-18   Tabernacling … and regifting   It is a huge leap from baby Jesus in the manger to “in the beginning was the Word. It has been said that might be … Continue reading →