In worship, today was a day where we are reminded that love is the centerpiece of all that we are as a community of faith. That without love, nothing we do is a real worth. Our ability to reflect God’s love is what makes us different and inviting. Our Hebrew Scripture was taken from the […]
In worship we were reminded that our ability to offer true and meaningful service to all depends solely on God’s gift to us. Otherwise, we might find that we stumble as we strive for the heavenly promises offered by God. Thankfully, God’s grace is more than sufficient for us. Our Psalmist sang the song that […]
In worship today we heard a recounting of the story of Jesus as the good shepherd. Our collect reminds us that we need to listen for and hear God’s voice calling us to follow where God and Jesus are leading us. The reading from the Acts of the Apostles was a continuation of the inquiry […]
I wonder if anyone else in God’s kingdom hears the old saw, “just because you can doesn’t mean you should.” We live in a culture that often pushes people away because a person knows more or less than another. Yet God’s community is meant to thrive in the disparity of knowledge – because of the […]
In our worship today we continued our study of the day-to-day practice of faith and our search for true faith and belief, within the bounds of orthodoxy and the possibilities provided by God. Our lesson from Exodus was the first description of what we now know as the Passover Feast and how Israel prepared itself […]
Our worship was punctuated by the ideas about God’s invitation to love, not because we want something in return or out of pity, but because that is the “simple” commandment invoked by Jesus at the end of his earthly ministry. The love we have for others is the sign of God’s presence inside us; the […]
Today was the Sunday often named Transfiguration Sunday (not to be confused with the Feast of the Transfiguration – which falls later in the liturgical calendar). We heard stories of Moses’ shining face and his having to hide his reflection of God’s presence in his life behind a veil – because Israel couldn’t handle being […]
Today in worship we heard readings and a reflection on the fractured church and lack of tolerance in Jesus’ time and in the new Church in Corinth. The cross section of readings today spoke to our calling to be witnesses and prophetic for God in the world (Jeremiah) and the assurance that God alone is […]
Happy celebration of the Day of Pentecost. What a glorious day to gather to worship and to celebrate the remembrance of the day the disciples recognized the Holy Spirit among them. In church we heard a recounting of the coming of the Holy Spirit to the 120 gathered and how the Holy Spirit helped the […]
Today we recognize our community and the place we inhabit in the life and faith of Suffolk, Virginia, and the world. Part of our life together today was filled with the definition of “imago dei” – the meaning of the phrase “made in the image of God.” In our worship today we heard lessons about […]