There were many threads that could have been pulled today: Ezekiel and the valley of the dry bones; the Psalmist waiting for the Lord; Paul reminding us that in Christ we are alive; and Jesus raising Lazarus from the dead. Yet this morning, we were reminded in the collect that God brings order to our […]
In worship we looked at the changes in our lives and the change we are searching for in Lent. Between the story of the anointing of David in Samuel, to the evolving understanding of God by the psalmist in the 23rd Psalm, to the story of the man born blind having his sight restored by […]
We are at the midpoint for our Lenten journey, there are only 2 Sundays and Palm Sunday before Easter. Today’s gospel reading was a juxtaposition to last week’s: this week was the long story of the Samaritan woman at the well as counterpoint to the brief story of Niccodemus last week. The readings are often […]
In worship we heard the story of God’s call to Abram to go from Haran to the Promise Land. God promised to bless Abram; interesting because Abram, by most human standards, was blessed with family, things, and land. We also heard the pearl from John 3 and the interchange between Jesus and Niccodemus. Ultimately, Jesus […]
Our worship begins a reflective journey, touching the “old language” of Rite I; not because Rite II is especially more joyful but because the change makes us pay attention. Our lessons today begin by laying out the first sin of Adam and Eve – the knowledge of good and evil and how that leads to […]