Acts 4:32-35 The believers shared everything in common.1 John 1:1-2:2 God is light; walk in the light.John 20:19-31 Jesus appears to the disciples. On this second Sunday after Easter it is easy to identify with the disciples who gathered in the small upper room. Are we ready to open our
Continue readingActs 10:34-43 Peter preaches, “God shows no partiality.”John 20:1-18 Jesus appears to Mary Magdalene. What do you expect? The disciples came to the tomb expecting to see the body of Jesus, but found that the tomb was empty? What do you expect this Easter morning? Do you expect to come
Continue readingJeremiah 31:31-34 I will write my law on their hearts.Mary 4-7 Mary turned their minds to good.John 12:20-33 Whoever serves me, God will honour. The seed of true humanity is that which falls into the earth and dies.for then it bears much fruit. As we move towards the last hour
Continue readingPsalm 40: 1-10 I will sing a new song.Ephesians 3:16-19 May you be rooted and grounded in love.Mark 8: 31-38 Set your mind on divine things. We are often called to give up something for Lent, a practice of penitence and discipline. It has been suggested by one member of
Continue reading2 Kings 2:1-12 Elijah is taken up into heavenMark 9:2-9 The transfiguration of Jesus On Transfiguration Sunday Peter, James and John are led up a mountain where they witness Jesus being transfigured before them. This dazzling white shone brightly around Jesus revealing the true identity of Jesus and his way
Continue readingDeuteronomy 18:15-20 God will raise up a prophet after Moses1 Corinthians 8:1-13 Concerning food offered to idolsMark 1:21-28 The man with an unclean spirit is healed in Capernaum “Just then there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit.” An unclean spirit, a feeling of being unworthy, a
Continue readingJohn 1:43-51 Jesus calls Philip and NathanaelPsalm 139:1-6, 13-18 God has searched and known me1 Samuel 3:1-20 God calls Samuel 3 words can mean significantly different things depending on what order they appear in, or in what order they are said. “I am here,” “Am I here?” “Here I am”
Continue readingGenesis 1:1-5 Heaven and earthMark 1:4-11 Baptism of JesusActs 19:1-7 Paul’s baptizes in the Spirit The baptism of Jesus reminds us of the importance of being named. After Jesus was baptized he was named “the Beloved” “God’s Son”. We also hear how God named the light “day” and the darkness
Continue readingPsalm 85:1-13Mark 1:1-8 What does it take for God to get our attention these days? Perhaps what we are longing for isn’t the perfect home, the perfect Christmas, the perfect job, the perfect family. Perhaps what we are longing for is the joy and peace that comes from moving through
Continue readingMatthew 25: 31-46 When you helped the lease of these, you helped me. We have inherited God’s Kingdom which means we are called to participate. We come to God’s Kingdom as children, with a sense of openness, curiosity, hope, and a willingness to help. We will explore how God’s spirit
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