This evening we remember Jesus in the Upper Room with his disciples. This is the time when he gave the Church the means of grace we come to in the Lord's Supper. May God join us in spirit as we look to the day when we will be physically together.
Read MoreWe all come to God with different wants, needs, and expectations. As Jesus walked the path to the cross during Holy Week he, too, came to God with his own wants, needs, and expectations. Perhaps we need to imagine what His were and make them ours this week.
Read MoreWhen we're too busy dealing with the storm it's hard to see God's presence in it. It's afterward that we see that God was the one dealing with it and walking us through it.
Read MoreNone of life’s storms ever have the last word. God does.
Read MoreOften we don't find God until God is all there is left to find ... and that's OK.
Read MoreOne of the mysteries of faith is that it is as transcendent as this God we worship. We bring eternity into the present when what we hope for is based on the faith that God can make it happen.
Read MoreChurch people are all good doers. But fund raisers and food drives and home repair projects for the elderly and covered dish dinners can become simply exhausting flurries of activity if they don't begin with the child of God seated before Jesus in prayer.
Read MoreIn the First Amendment, the framers of our constitution set forth: “Congress shall make no laws respecting the establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.”
Read MoreWe draw the lines where we think they should be to make everything orderly ... then Jesus shows up with an eraser.
Read MoreWe’ve lost the ability to live together in all our differences, and we need to be at peace with the fact that being different is not just OK, it’s the way God made us. The gift of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost can teach us how.
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