The heart of the Palm Sunday celebration this year is God coming to God’s people in faithfulness and love. Jesus enters Jerusalem as the one who will suffer – this is the doorway to his passion – and in his suffering invites people into God’s grace and presence. And this arrival of God will not...
LENT- A JOURNEY FORWARD/INWARD : God is a God of hope and healing, leading us onward with joy and celebration. Across today’s readings, hope is rooted in God’s promises and faithfulness. Healing comes from trusting in God’s transformative power and letting go of the past. In a rather startling turn, right before Jesus’ enters his...
This week we are refreshed in the life-giving scriptures that God is a God of transformation, reconciliation, and fresh starts. A fitting theme for us today on this refreshment Sunday. The themes of reconciliation and forgiveness are picked up this week. Our reconciliation with God leads us into the “ministry of reconciliation”. Our forgiveness brings...
The theme this speaks to the issues of suffering, judgment, repentance, compassion, and justice, and they all come together in ways that are both comforting and disturbing. One of the most challenging and important questions we must face today is how we are to respond to suffering. This week the Lectionary leaves us no option...
These readings for the second Sunday in Lent are deeply interconnected by themes of faith, covenant, promise, and perseverance in the face of challenges. Together, they invite us to trust God’s promises, reflect on the journey of faith, and act with courage and purpose in our own lives. This week’s readings draw together a mix...
As we embark on this journey through Lent, let us take a moment to reflect on its deeper meaning in our lives. Lent is often associated with self-denial and giving up certain pleasures, but it is essential to remember that this season is not about self-denial for its own sake. Instead, it is an opportunity...
As Epiphany draws to a close the Scriptures turn, as usual, to the Transfiguration of Jesus. There are so many ways to approach this mysterious and wondrous narrative, but I would like to focus on the power of the transfiguration to give Jesus the hope and courage to face the cross and to draw us...
THEME: Love others the way that you would like to be loved Today, we reflect on how we are called to treat others and the extent of God’s love, guided by our readings from Genesis 45:3-11, 45:15; 1 Corinthians 15:35-50; and Luke 6:27-38. Today’s scriptures ask us to consider how we treat others and affirm...
The central theme of all of the readings this week is the contrast between those who follow God’s ways and those who don’t. How we choose to live has consequences. We have been given, in the Scriptures and in Christ’s example, a picture of the kind of life that brings about greater wholeness and joy...
This week’s readings encourage us to decide what to do with God’s invitational and confrontational grace—two strong themes emerge. The first is that God calls women and men to follow God’s alternative way of being, and to share the Gospel with others. In Isaiah, we read the famous call story. The Psalmist is confident that...
