Yearning for Peace
Link to Service Reflections Memorial Day 2025 This morning, we hear the words of the prophet Isaiah which invite us to act justly and value peace in our world. Throughout time, there have always been conflicts, and sadly too many have been resolved, not by peaceful dialogue, but by war. We know that the […]
Pass on Love
Link to Service Focus Scripture Acts 9:36-43, John 13:31-35 I carry you in my heart; I carry you always… We are part of the beautiful, rich, and complex tradition of Christianity. Each week, as we read passages from Scripture, we tell and re-tell the stories of the ancient Hebrews, of Jesus and […]
The Strength of Mothers
Link to Service Good morning and Happy Mother’s Day. I have always appreciated the passage from the Book of Ruth we hear this morning, because it shows this beautiful relationship of love between Naomi and her daughter-in-law Ruth. And in John’s Gospel, Jesus reminds his followers that in the home of his Father, there are […]
Meditation on May 4, 2025
Link to Service Happy Easter! I truly missed being with you all on Easter Sunday although I have heard that both the Sunrise Service and the 10am Service were wonderful gatherings and so I am happy that many of you were able to gather and celebrate Easter together. This morning our Scripture readings are drawn […]
No One Left Behind
Link to Service This morning, we hear the reading from Luke in which Jesus tells the story of the Good Shepherd who will leave the 99 sheep to find the one who has been lost. It is a lovely image he presents of our God, who will not leave one of us behind, but […]
Satisfy Our Souls
Link to Service Parable of the Fig Tree In our first reading from Isaiah, we hear these words, Hear, everyone who thirsts; come to the waters; and you who have no money, come, buy and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without price. 55:2 Why do you spend your money for that […]
A Time to Rest in God
Link to Service We are now in the second week of Lent as we attempt to more intentionally focus ourselves on the ways in which God seeks us out in the midst of our days. The writer Annie Dillard once wrote, “How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives. “ […]
In a world of strangers…
Link to Service As we begin this season of Lent, our series for the weeks ahead invites us into new ways of considering our lives and our faith, not as either/or propositions but somewhere in the often complex, messy middle of things. We will read the stories of Jesus as he engages his listeners […]
The Transfiguration
Link to Service Each year on the Sunday before we begin the season of Lent, we read the Gospel story of the Transfiguration which may be found in the Gospels of Matthew, Mark and Luke. Today we read Luke’s version found in the 9th chapter of Luke’s Gospel. In the early chapters of Luke, […]
Thoughts on Courage
Link to Service One of the great theologians of the last century, Karl Barth, used to say that we should preach with the Bible in one hand and a newspaper in the other. He believed strongly that our faith needed to be connected to how we understood events in our world. Barth felt that Christians […]