Sunday Reflection (March 17, 2024)

     If Jesus learned obedience how much more should we learn obedience? I have a lot to learn about loving God and others at all times and in all places, and our obedience to Christ brings salvation in a holistic sense by interjecting healing, restoration, and reconciliation into human life and society.
     We can learn to obey God to the degree that we do it naturally in which the Holy Spirit gradually melds our will with God’s will for the world (Jeremiah 31:31-34).  In this process God transforms us so that what God wills is what we do, naturally, even in difficult circumstances, and adverse circumstances

Prayer for the Week (March 17, 2024-March 23, 2024)

Let us pray for the courage to embrace the world in the name of Christ: Father in heaven, the love of your Son led him to accept the suffering of the cross so that humankind might embrace new life. Change our selfishness into self-giving and lead us to embrace the world you have given us so that we transform the darkness of its pain into the life and joy of Easter. Grant this through Christ our Lord. Amen.
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Sunday Sermon March 17, 2024

Devotion March 13, 2024

Devotion March 12, 2024

Sunday Reflection (March 10, 2024)

To those who are perishing in greed, malice, hatred, and evil, the message of a crucified Messiah is foolishness in that this message requires one to turn from such a life. To those who wallow in power and wealth, the message of a crucified Messiah is foolishness in that it rebukes the misuse of power and wealth. But to us who follow the crucified Messiah, it is a hope that the world can indeed be different because part of the message of the cross and a crucified Messiah is this: Stop killing each other, stop scapegoating each other, stop crucifying each other, stop hating each other, stop injuring each other, stop lashing out against one another,  stop returning evil for evil.
Positively: Start forgiving each other, start loving each other, start caring for each other, and start making the world a better place for all. We follow the one who did not draw the sword, who did not run for office, who did not make a million dollars, and who shunned celebrity status: We follow the one who hung on the cross! Foolish to the world but to us who follow the crucified Messiah, it is the power and wisdom of God to overcome evil and hatred in the world (1 Corinthians 1:18-25).

Prayer for the Week (March 10, 2024-March 16, 2024)

O God, the source of all light, you gaze into the depths of our inmost hearts. Never permit the powers of darkness to hold your people captive but open our eyes by the grace of your Spirit, so that we be able to look upon your Son and see the one you sent to be the light of the world, and by seeing, may we believe and worship Jesus as the Lord who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God for ever and ever.
Amen.
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Sunday Sermon March 10, 2024

Devotion March 6, 2024

Devotion March 5, 2024