Sunday Readings: Wisdom 12.13,16-19; Romans 8.26-27; Matthew 13.24-43 “The one who sows the good seed is the Son of Man; the field is the world, and the good seed are the children of the kingdom. The weeds are children of the evil one.” – Matthew 13.37-38 The gospel last Sunday took us to the parable […]
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Scripture Readings: Zechariah 9.9-10; Romans 8.9,11-13; Matthew 11.25-30 “No one knows the Father except the Son.” – Matthew 11.27 For Israel, wisdom begins in awe at God’s gracious work in creation and envisions human harmony shaped out of wise, God-centered, Spirit-animated relationships among people. The book of Proverbs personifies wisdom as a woman who is
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Scripture Readings: 2 Kings 4.8-11,14-16; Romans 6.3-4,8-11; Matthew 10.37-42 Jesus says, “Whoever welcomes you welcomes me, and whoever welcomes me welcomes the one who sent me.” – Matthew 10.40 Faith refers to more than the beliefs that set believers apart. Faith is relationship, a whole-hearted entrusting of one’s life to whom or what one considers
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Sunday Readings: Jeremiah 20.10-13; Romans 5.12-15; Matthew 10.26-33 “Everyone who acknowledges me before others, I also will acknowledge before my Father in heaven.” – Matthew 10.32 Jesus’ saying turns on the principle of reciprocity. Jesus will treat us the way we treat others. We recognize this principle every time we pray the Our Father, “Forgive
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Scripture Readings: Deuteronomy 8.2-3, 14-16; 1 Corinthians 10.16-17; John 6.51-58 “Those who eat my flesh and drink my blood abide in me, and I in them.” – John 6.56 We misunderstand Jesus if we think the eating bread and drinking wine that Christians do is cannibalism. However, Jesus did choose eating and drinking as the
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Scripture Readings: Exodus 34.4-6, 8-9; 2 Corinthians 13.11-13; John 3.16-18 “God so loved the world that God sent the only Son that whoever believes in him may not die but have eternal life.” – John 3.16 During Jesus’ lifetime his disciples recognize he is an exceptional man who has come in God’s name and calls
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Scripture Readings: Acts 2.1-11; 1 Corinthians 12.3-7, 12-13; John 20.19-23 This weekend the Church celebrates Pentecost, the climax of the Easter season and the birthday of the Christian community. In Acts, Luke describes 120 disciples awaiting the Holy Spirit. They have no cell phones for messaging, no practiced words for public speaking, no organizational flow
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Sunday Readings: Acts 1.1-11; Ephesians 1.17-23; Matthew 28.16-20 “I am with you always, to the end of the ages.” – Matthew 28.20 In our cyber age it’s easy to find reason to dismiss a dream before we try. Online forecasts show too many lawyers. Or, studies show the capacity to learn a language plummets after
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Scripture Readings: Acts 8.5-8, 14-17; 1 Peter 315-18; John 14.15-21 “I will not leave you orphaned; I am coming to you.” – John 14.18 Thanks to the pervasive power of God’s love, there is no where Jesus’ friends can go where God is not, and nowhere they can go where the Spirit is not, or
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Scripture Readings: Acts 6.1-7; 1 Peter 2.4-9; John 14.1-12 “In my Father’s house are many dwelling places. If this were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.” – John 14.2 Jesus fills his long leave taking after the last supper with advice for his friends and the
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