On the fifth Sunday in Lent, Fr. Javier reflects on Psalm 126 and the experience of exile: “We stand in the world as it is, hoping for the world as it should be. And the question before us—the people standing between the times—is simply this: will we succumb to inertia, apathy, and hopelessness, or will…
Jesus is saying it over and over again. Reminding us of the love God has for us.
Staying grounded in the reality of God’s of presence.
The Rev. Candy reflects that we need to be a community of love and belonging, that’s my paraphrase of Jesus’ desire to gather together Jerusalem’s children just like a hen gathers her brood under her wings.
For the second week in our 3-week stewardship series, Mo. Alice explores the meaning of Serve.
At the beginning of our 3-week stewardship series, Fr. Javier explores the meaning of common worship: “Worship—and what we do in it—calls us back to attention to a different way of measuring our time and worth… There is work and there is rest; there is fasting and there is feasting. And all these little habits…
Ever wonder why the story of the man who walked away is in the Gospel? A reflection of what it can say to us today.
Fr. Javier deals with Jesus’ words in Mark 10:2-16: “We were not created to be free from one another. We were created to experience the freedom of being with each other—of knowing and being known, of being vulnerable and carefree, of being together without fear.”
Giving up parts of ourselves that feel integral to the way we operate.
Like his disciples Jesus continues to love us even when we don’t quite get it.