Covenant

Home > Lenten Blog 2024 Covenant March 25, 2024 Isaiah 42:1-9 | Hebrews 9:11-15 | John 12:1-11 | Psalm 36:5-11Isaiah 42:1-9Here is my servant, whom I uphold,my chosen, in whom my soul delights;I have put my spirit upon him;he will bring forth justice to the...

An outfit for a Sunday of festivities

Home > Lenten Blog 2024 An outfit for a Sunday of festivitiesMarch 24, 2024 Mark 11:1-11| Isaiah 50:4-9a|Psalm 31:9-16|Philippians 2:5-11|Mark 14:1-15-15:47Palm Sunday has always been one of my favorites church celebrations. It ranks up there amongst the major...

Legality vs. Ambiguity

Home > Lenten Blog 2024 Legality vs. AmbiguityMarch 23, 2024 Ezekiel 37:21-28 | John 11:45-53 | Psalm 85:1-7 Today’s readings bring home to me that magnificent but sometimes scary difference between obeying a law and being guided by the ambiguity of God’s...

“The kingdom of heaven is like…”

Home > Lenten Blog 2024 “The kingdom of heaven is like…”March 22, 2024 Jeremiah 20:7-13  |  John 10:31-42  |  Psalm 18:1-7I remember having a necklace with a little round, see-through glass ball with a very tiny seed inside… A mustard seed…  I was probably in...

What’s in a name?

Home > Lenten Blog 2024 What’s in a name? March 21, 2024 Genesis 17:1-8  |  John 8:51-59  |  Psalm 105:4-11Forty-eight years ago this week I began recruit training as a firefighter with the Warwick Fire Department. I was so excited. After getting our turn-out gear...

Roughing It

Home > Lenten Blog 2024 Roughing It March 20, 2024 Daniel 3:14–20,24–28  |  John 8:31–42  |  Canticle [2] or 13“Glory to you, Lord God of our fathers; *you are worthy of praise; glory to you.” (Canticle 13)Shadrach Meshach, and  Abednego may never have had a...