At Christ’s last meal with his disciples, he gave himself as the holy mystery, the sacrament of Holy Communion. Christ also gave his disciples a new commandment, “to love one another.” As a sign of this commandment, Jesus washed his disciples’ feet showing them what a life of humble service to God looks like. On […]
View the Sermon (PDF)Sunday of the Passion / Palm Sunday
Today we remember Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem and his crucifixion outside the gate of Jerusalem as the servant king. May we be of the same mind as Christ, who did not seek honor and accolade, but emptied himself of all privilege, humbling himself to become a servant of others. As we enter Holy Week, […]
View the Sermon (PDF)Fifth Lent Midweek Service
The season of Lent is a time to return to God, reminding ourselves of living within God’s abundant grace. God’s abundant grace is marked by faithfulness, mercy, compassion, forgiveness, and love. During Lent this year, we will mediate upon these five dimensions of God’s abundant grace in our lives by reading from the gospels of […]
View the Sermon (PDF)Fifth Sunday in Lent
The Lenten journey is the journey from death to life. Lent is the human journey in miniature as we remember our own mortality and hope in the Easter joy of the resurrection of Christ. As Paul reminds us, we cannot live in the past, but we are always moving forward, pressing toward the goal of […]
View the Sermon (PDF)Fourth Lent Midweek Service
The season of Lent is a time to return to God, reminding ourselves of living within God’s abundant grace. God’s abundant grace is marked by faithfulness, mercy, compassion, forgiveness, and love. During Lent this year, we will mediate upon these five dimensions of God’s abundant grace in our lives by reading from the gospels of […]
View the Sermon (PDF)Fourth Sunday in Lent
The Psalmist writes, “Happy are those whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin covered.” In Christ everything is made new and anyone in Christ is welcomed, forgiven and made a new creation. So we are ambassadors for Christ, welcoming the lost and the forgotten – all our sisters and brothers. We rejoice and celebrate the compassionate […]
View the Sermon (PDF)Third Lent Midweek Service
The season of Lent is a time to return to God, reminding ourselves of living within God’s abundant grace. God’s abundant grace is marked by faithfulness, mercy, compassion, forgiveness, and love. During Lent this year, we will mediate upon these five dimensions of God’s abundant grace in our lives by reading from the gospels of […]
View the Sermon (PDF)Third Sunday in Lent
The warnings are plentiful and blunt on the third Sunday in Lent. “Care for it or it will be cut down! Seek the Lord while he is near!” God invites us to return and to grow so that we might live. This is the Lenten journey and the good news for all of us. Thanks […]
View the Sermon (PDF)Second Lent Midweek Service
The season of Lent is a time to return to God, reminding ourselves of living within God’s abundant grace. God’s abundant grace is marked by faithfulness, mercy, compassion, forgiveness, and love. During Lent this year, we will mediate upon these five dimensions of God’s abundant grace in our lives by reading from the gospels of […]
View the Sermon (PDF)Second Sunday in Lent
God is loving and faithful, reckoning Abraham’s faith as righteousness. We are encouraged to see ourselves in the stars of heaven, for our citizenship is indeed in heaven. As humanity continues to struggle with participating in and belonging to the nations of this world, today’s readings encourage us to see our common humanity as sisters […]
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