1st Sunday in Lent – Feb 18, 2024 – Live-Stream Link
INTRODUCTIONOn Ash Wednesday the church began its journey toward baptismal immersion in the death and resurrection of Christ. This year, the Sundays in Lent lead
INTRODUCTIONOn Ash Wednesday the church began its journey toward baptismal immersion in the death and resurrection of Christ. This year, the Sundays in Lent lead
INTRODUCTIONThe Sundays after Epiphany began with Jesus’ baptism and end with three disciples’ vision of his transfiguration. In Mark’s story of Jesus’ baptism, apparently only
INTRODUCTIONIn Isaiah the one God who sits above the earth and numbers the stars also strengthens the powerless. So in Jesus’ healing work we see
INTRODUCTIONIn Deuteronomy God promises to raise up a prophet like Moses, who will speak for God; in Psalm 111 God shows the people the power
INTRODUCTIONAs we continue through the time after Epiphany, stories of the call to discipleship show us the implications of our baptismal calling to show Christ
INTRODUCTIONAll the baptized have a calling in God’s world. God calls not just pastors and deacons but also the youngest child, like Samuel. The story
INTRODUCTIONOur re-creation in baptism is an image of the Genesis creation, where the Spirit of God moved over the waters. Both Mark’s gospel and the
INTRODUCTIONThe psalmist calls on the natural world, celestial bodies, fire and earth, creatures, and all humanity, to praise God. The voices of Simeon and 84-year-old
INTRODUCTIONIn winter’s deepest night, we welcome the light of the Christ child. Isaiah declares that the light of the long-promised king will illumine the world
INTRODUCTION”Rejoice always,” begins the reading from 1 Thessalonians. Isaiah and the psalmist make clear that God is turning our mourning into laughter and shouts of