1 Samuel 8:4-20 • We Want a King Too! Mark 3:20-35 • By What Authority? By whose authority do we live our life in community? How much of what we do is based in the desire to “do what everyone else is doing”? Does The Church give us authority, or
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Isaiah 6:1-8 • The call of Isaiah. John 3:1-17 • Nicodemus visits Jesus by night. Nicodemus is told to witness, to testify, to share with others what he has seen. Evangelism is a word in the United Church that makes many of us uncomfortable. The idea of telling someone what
Continue readingActs 2:1-21 The Coming of the Holy Spirit. John 15:26-27; 16:4b-15 The Advocate, The Spirit of Truth. Most of us have experienced a moment or an event which we would describe as life-changing. They are very personal moments and often defy description. We try to tell friends and loved ones
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Psalm 1 • Blessed are those who delight in God’s law. John 17: 6-19 • Jesus prays for the disciples. We love to escape as humans which is why COVID has been so difficult. It is hard to escape the realities of the world that we are living in. This
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Acts 10:44-48 • The gift of the Holy Spirit comes as Peter preaches.John 15:9-17 • Love one another as I have loved you. Does the love of God come through each time we speak? Are we aware of the Holy Spirit in our words and actions as we encounter others?
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Psalm 23 • The Lord is my Shepherd. 1 John 3:16-24 • Let us love in truth and action. Is your heart troubled? Is your soul in turmoil? Jesus says that he will abide in those who live by my commandment, and those who follow in his ways abide in
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Psalm 4 • Answer me, when I call, O God. Luke 24:36b-48 • The disciples encounter Jesus. An encounter with Christ is not soon forgotten, or explained, but it is an encounter that heals the wounded soul. When we put our trust in God, and put gladness in our hearts,
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1 John 1:1-2:2 • The word of life. John 20:19-31 • Jesus appears to the disciples. Transformation is not an easy, nor a quick process. Discovering a new normal, a new way of life in the wake of a death or a major loss leaves us with an unsettling feeling.
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Acts 10:34-43 • God shows no partiality. Mark 16:1-8 • The resurrected Jesus appears. What is there new for us to say about Easter? We celebrate the faith that there is always a renewed way by which God’s radical love breaks through.
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Psalm 118: 1-2, 19-39 • God’s love endures forever. Mark 11:1-11 • Jesus enters Jerusalem. The people followed, and the people came to welcome the man who was shifting our understanding, and our way of living. He crossed barriers of race, class, culture and gender identity. He preached and practiced
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