What is your cornerstone?

Mar 10, 2023 | Lenten Blog 2023

Home > Lenten Blog 2023 What is your cornerstone? March 10, 2023 Genesis 37:3–4,12–28  |  Psalm 105:16–22  |  Matthew 21:33–43“The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone”– Matthew 21:42Cornerstones are a most important building element. We see...

“A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away….”

Mar 9, 2023 | Lenten Blog 2023

Home > Lenten Blog 2023 “A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away….” March 9, 2023 Jeremiah 17:5–10  |  Psalm 1  |  Luke 16:19–31Today’s readings provide us stories of good versus evil. I dare say such battles, whether external or internal, are in our DNA....

The Lord is always there for us.

Mar 8, 2023 | Lenten Blog 2023

Home > Lenten Blog 2023 The Lord is always there for us.March 8, 2023  Jeremiah 18:1–11,18–20  |  Psalm 31:9–16  |  Matthew 20:17–28Psalm 319 Be merciful to me, Lord, for I am in distress;my eyes grow weak with sorrow,my soul and body with grief.10 My life is...

We need to roll up our sleeves and do the work.

Mar 7, 2023 | Lenten Blog 2023

Home > Lenten Blog 2023 We need to roll up our sleeves and do the work. March 7, 2023 Isaiah 1:2–4,16–20  |  Psalm 50:7–15,22–24  |  Matthew 23:1–12As a person who identified as “agnostic” in my early twenties, part of my rejection of religion came from my...

Make room for love

Mar 6, 2023 | Lenten Blog 2023

Home > Lenten Blog 2023 Make room for love March 6, 2023 Daniel 9:3–10  |  Psalm 79:1–9  |  Luke 6:27–38In Luke 6:27-38, Jesus gives us one of the hardest and seemingly contradictory directives in all of scripture:  Love your enemies.   This is not one of those...

“Blessed Assurance”

Mar 5, 2023 | Lenten Blog 2023

Home > Lenten Blog 2023 “Blessed Assurance” March 5, 2023 Genesis 12:1-4a  |  Psalm 121  |  Romans 4:1-5, 13-17  |  John 3:1-17The appointed lessons, Psalm and Gospel readings for this Second Sunday in Lent are laden with profound promises, possibilities and...