SUNDAY OF THE ASCENSION (EASTER VII) May 16, 2021 “Normal?? What Is It, Really??” “I know not the way God leads me, but well do I know my guide.” Martin Luther Are you making plans for the many things you want to do as our communities and countryRead More →
EASTER VI May 9, 2021 “The Holiness of the Hard and Dirty” The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures; he leads me beside still waters; he restores my soul. He leads me in right paths for hisRead More →
EASTER V May 2, 2021 Oh, for the Love of God! I admit that these times can make the love of God difficult for me to grasp. It is so easy to focus on the bad and evil in the world – dwelling on that instead of theRead More →
EASTER IV April 25, 2021 “And God Saw that It Was Good” God saw everything that he had made, and indeed, it was very good. (Genesis 1::31a) The earth is the Lord’s and all that is in it, the world and those who live in it. (Psalm 24:1) Read More →
EASTER III April 18, 2021 “Just Who Are We?” Everyone has some kind of identity, whether we especially like or appreciate it or not. Our names are important, and in many cultures they describe the family to which we belong, and at least part of our ancestry. Read More →
EASTER II April 11, 2021 “Prove It!” For those of us who understand and process information when it’s presented in a straightforward, chronological fashion, the Gospel accounts of events following Jesus’ resurrection are, shall we say, a little challenging. Matthew tells only of Jesus instructing his disciplesRead More →
HOLY SATURDAY, April 3, 2021 EASTER DAY, April 4, 2021 “Remember How He Told You” The quiet of Holy Saturday provides us with a perfect opportunity to process and meditate on the events of a remarkable week. We’ve learned of Jesus’ very public, celebratory entrance into Jerusalem, hisRead More →
MAUNDY THURSDAY April 1, 2021 “The First Supper” After the events of Palm/Passion Sunday, at first glance it appears that Jesus and his disciples went off to Bethany and all was quiet until the first day of the Passover, which we observe as Maundy Thursday. However, the account in the GospelRead More →
PALM SUNDAY/SUNDAY OF THE PASSION March 28, 2021 “From Hosanna! To Crucify Him!” . . . They brought the colt to Jesus and threw their cloaks on it; and he sat on it. Many people spread their cloaks on the road, and others spread leafy branches that they had cut in theRead More →
LENT V March 21, 2021 “All Sinners . . . All Redeemed” “For there is no distinction, since all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God; they are now justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.” (Romans 3:22b-24) Read More →