Home > Lenten Blog 2023 Easter Sunday 4.17.22 Please enjoy this recording from last year’s Easter Sunday Service.We welcome you to join us for Sunday services at 7:45AM or 10:15AM throughout the Easter season.

Home > Lenten Blog 2023 “Don’t you get me wrong. I only want to know.”* April 8, 2023 (Click above photo to enlarge) Job 14:1-14 or Lamentations 3:1-9, 19-24  |  Psalm 31:1-4, 15-16  |  1 Peter 4:1-8  |  Matthew 27:57-66 or John 19:38-42 Growing up a child of the...

Home > Lenten Blog 2023 Good Friday Taizé Service 4.15.22 Please enjoy this recording from last year’s Good Friday Taizé Service.We welcome you to join us for tonight’s Taizé Service starting at 7PM.

Home > Lenten Blog 2023 “Do this in remembrance of me”April 6, 2023  Exodus 12:1-4, (5-10), 11-14  |  Psalm 116:1, 10-17  |  1 Corinthians 11:23-26  |  John 13:1-17, 31b-35Maundy Thursday is for me one of the most profound moments in the Christian calendar. It is,...

Home > Lenten Blog 2023 Have faith in God to be there for us. April 5, 2023  Isaiah 50:4-9a  |  Psalm 70  |  Hebrews 12:1-3  |  John 13:21-32John's Gospel for the Wednesday in Holy Week speaks of Jesus being troubled in spirit. He knows that one of his trusted...

Home > Lenten Blog 2023 “I will give you as a light to the nations, that my salvation may reach to the end of the earth.”April 4, 2023  Isaiah 49:1-7  |  Psalm 71:1-14  |  1 Corinthians 1:18-31  |  John 12:20-36What a responsibility! Throughout our time on earth,...

Home > Lenten Blog 2023 Bring Forth Justice to the Nations April 3, 2023  Isaiah 42:1-9  |  Psalm 36:5-11  |  Hebrews 9:11-15  |  John 12:1-11Isaiah tells us today about someone it’s taken me a while to get to know: God’s chosen servant “in whom [His/Her] soul...

Home > Lenten Blog 2023 Beloved is Where We BeginApril 2, 2023  Isaiah 50:4-9a  |  Psalm 31:9-16  |  Philippians 2:5-11  |  Matthew 26:14- 27:66 or Matthew 27:11-54Lent is a time to examine and reflect, in the light of Christ’s values and our lives; anchoring our...

Home > Lenten Blog 2023 We all are to be gather together loving God and one another. April 1, 2023  Ezekiel 37:21–28  |  Psalm 85:1–7  |  John 11:45–53When I finally agreed to participate in this blog, I worried about what reading I would be assigned. For me,...

Home > Lenten Blog 2023 I Will Call Upon the Lord March 31, 2023  Jeremiah 20:7–13 |  Psalm 18:1–7  |  John 10:31–42As I read through these scriptures, my first reaction was “Circle the wagons, we’re surrounded”.  When I finished laughing at myself I remembered a...

Home > Lenten Blog 2023 Abraham March 30, 2023  Genesis 17:1–8  |  Psalm 105:4–11  |  John 8:51–59Today’s readings from Genesis, Psalm 105, and John have a common focus: Abraham. Abraham is the patriarch of the Jewish people who Yahweh chose for a special...

Home > Lenten Blog 2023 FaithfulnessMarch 29, 2023  Daniel 3:14–20,24–28 |  Canticle [2] or 13  |  John 8:31–42In the Old Testament reading, Shadrach, Mesach, and Abednego were challenged by King Nebuchnezzar who insisted they deny their faith and fall down and...

Home > Lenten Blog 2023 Grant that they may be built as living stones into a spiritual temple acceptable to you. March 28, 2023  Numbers 21:4–9  |  John 8:21–30  |  Psalm 102:15–22 Look with compassion upon those who are being prepared for Holy Baptism, and grant...

Home > Lenten Blog 2023 Goodness and Mercy shall follow usMarch 27, 2023  Susanna [1–9,15–29,34–40],41-62  |  Psalm 23  |  John 8:1–11  or John 8:12–20Today’s readings contain one of the most well known passages in Scripture, at least to my ears: Psalm 23. While I...

Home > Lenten Blog 2023 Now he knows. March 26, 2023  Ezekiel 37:1-14  |  Psalm 130  |  Romans 8:6-11  |  John 11:1-45One of my early memories is of learning that a neighbor had died. I had passed the age of magical thinking, and I knew that we would no longer see...

Home > Lenten Blog 2023 Be grateful to God every dayMarch 25, 2023  The Annunciation stain glass window in Taize. Photographer Kevin LloydIsaiah 7:10-14  |  Psalm 45 or Psalm 40:5-10 or Canticle 15 (or 3)  |  Hebrews 10:4-10  |  Luke 1:26-38We need to pour God’s...

Home > Lenten Blog 2023 More beautiful every time the LORD shines his light through it.March 24, 2023   Wisdom 2:1a,12–24  |  Psalm 34:15–22  |  John 7:1–2,10,25–30 Psalm 34:18             The LORD is near to the broken-hearted,                 and saves the...

Home > Lenten Blog 2023 “And God said unto Moses… Well, aren’t your people a fickle lot”March 23, 2023  Exodus 32:7–14  |  Psalm 106:6–7,19–23  |  John 5:30–47In the readings for this week of lent I found myself reaching to the same conclusion… we are a mess, and...

Home > Lenten Blog 2023 ContextMarch 22, 2023  Isaiah 49:8–15  |  Psalm 145:8–19  |  John 5:19–29The 274 words of the Gospel reading from John (5:19-29) really covers a huge amount of material and a lot of the basic fundamentals of Christianity. There is so much...

Home > Lenten Blog 2023 Fresh Water March 21, 2023  Dead SeaEzekiel 47:1–9,12  |  Psalm 46:1–8  |  John 5:1–18Definitions: Cubit = an ancient measure of length, approximately equal to the length of a forearm. It was typically about 18 inchesArabah = desert or...

Home > Lenten Blog 2023 Lift your voices in song and sing praises to our Lord and God! March 20, 2023  2 Samuel 7:4,8-16  |  Psalm 89:1-29 or 89:1-4, 26-29  |  Romans 4:13-18  |  Luke 2:41-52Your love, O LORD, for ever will I sing; from age to age my mouth will...

Home > Lenten Blog 2023 The Lord is My Shepherd March 19, 2023  1 Samuel 16:1-13  |  Psalm 23  |  Ephesians 5:8-14  |  John 9:1-41Lent is a time when our focus tends to be on repentance, fasting, self-denial and meditation.  Combining that with the current events...

Home > Lenten Blog 2023 Perfection, Humility and the Pharisee Within March 18, 2023  Dispute between Jesus and the Pharisees – Gustave DoréHosea 6:1–6  |  Psalm 51:15–20  |  Luke 18:9–14In the parable of the Pharisee and Tax Collector, Jesus rebukes the grandiose,...

Home > Lenten Blog 2023 Loving With a Whole HeartMarch 17, 2023  Hosea 14:1–9  |  Psalm 81:8–14  |  Mark 12:28–34I can’t quite believe I was assigned this reading. It is so very foundational to our faith. It’s what I’ve heard in my head – and in church – my whole...

Home > Lenten Blog 2023 Keeping Watch March 16, 2023  Jeremiah 7:23–28  |  Psalm 95:6–11  |  Luke 11:14–23Collect for today:Keep watch over your Church, O Lord, with your unfailing love; and, since it is grounded in human weakness and cannot maintain itself without...

Home > Lenten Blog 2023 Keeping the Commandments of the Lord March 15, 2023  Deuteronomy 4:1–2,5–9  |  Psalm 78:1–6  |  Matthew 5:17–19Moses said “You must neither add anything to what I command you nor take away anything from it, but keep the commandments of...

Home > Lenten Blog 2023 Forgive from our heart. March 14, 2023  Song of the Three Young Men 2–4,11–20a  |  Psalm 25:3–10  |  Matthew 18:21–35The Gospel today, Matthew 18:21-35, is well-known, i.e.,Peter:  How many times should I forgive another who sins against...

Home > Lenten Blog 2023 What were you expecting? March 13, 2023  2 Kings 5:1–15b  |  Psalm 42:1–7  |  Luke 4:23–30The lessons assigned for today have me thinking about expectations, and how we react when things don’t go exactly as we had hoped.In the Hebrew...

Home > Lenten Blog 2023 I’m really thirsty, would you please give me a drink?March 12, 2023   Exodus 17:1-7  |  Psalm 95  |  Romans 5:1-11  |  John 4:5-42 Reading Scripture has been an exciting and interesting exploration for me ever since I was a little girl and...

Home > Lenten Blog 2023 The Real Emotional Reflections of The Prodigal SonMarch 11, 2023 Micah 7:14–15,18–20  |  Psalm 103:1–4(5–8)9–12  |  Luke 15:11–32I would wager that many of us with siblings have felt a sense of discomfort when absorbing the story of the...

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. We...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Home > Lenten Blog 2023 For this I say “Hallelujah”.March 4, 2023 Deuteronomy 26:16–19  |  Psalm 119:1–8  |  Matthew 5:43–48 The verses in Deuteronomy and the preceding chapters contain numerous laws and statutes that God gave to the Israelites to be obeyed when...

Home > Lenten Blog 2023 “The way of the Lord is unfair…” March 3, 2023 Ezekiel 18:21–28  |  Psalm 130  |  Matthew 5:20–26Ezekiel 18:19 Yet you say, “The way of the Lord is unfair” Hear now, O house of Israel, Is my way unfair? Is it not your ways that are...

Home > Lenten Blog 2023 Ask... And Give Thanks March 2, 2023 Esther (Apocrypha) 14:1–6,12–14  |  Psalm 138  |  Matthew 7:7–12Queen Esther was an Israelite woman living in Persia, married to King Xerxes. Orphaned as a child, she was raised by her uncle, Mordecai.  A...

Home > Lenten Blog 2023 All is Well…even when it is not.March 1, 2023 Jonah 3:1–10  |  Psalm 51:11–18  |  Luke 11:29–32 Luke 11:29And when the people were gathered thick together, he began to say, This is an evil generation: they seek a sign; and there shall no...

Home > Lenten Blog 2023 Teaching Me A Lot About Love February 28, 2023 Isaiah 55:6–11 |  Psalm 34:15–22  |  Matthew 6:7–15Sheep: I’ve long not been fond of biblical references to those feeble-minded and easily-led-astray animals.  The Good Shepherd’s sheep, I’m...

Home > Lenten Blog 2023 May these words help us and guide us as we move through this wilderness season.February 27, 2023 Leviticus 19:1–2,11–18  |  Matthew 25:31–46  |  Psalm 19:7–14Today’s readings invite us to examine two expressions of the second Great...

Home > Lenten Blog 2023 Who is responsible?February 26, 2023 Genesis 2:15-17; 3:1-7  |  Psalm 32  |  Matthew 4:1-11  |  Romans 5:12-19When I read the Genesis story of the Garden of Eden for today’s blog, I groaned. The profoundly destructive influence this story...

Home > Lenten Blog 2023 Living in the Light February 25, 2023 Isaiah 58:9b-14  |  Psalm 86:1-11  |  Luke 5:27-32Two things came into my focus as I read these readings. The first being the Isaiah passage: “The Lord will guide you continually and satisfy your needs...

Home > Lenten Blog 2023 What's next?! For the Apostles? For the Church? For us? February 24, 2023 Acts 1:15-26  |  Psalm 15  |  Philippians 3:13-21  |  John 15:1,6-16These scriptures look ahead to how Jesus wants us to behave as God's people. They also speak to the...

Home > Lenten Blog 2023 Beatus vir qui non abiit February 23, 2023 Deuteronomy 30:15-20  |  Psalm 1  |  Luke 9:18-25Reading and comprehending scripture is usually a challenge for me, I often find myself confused and overwhelmed. I find it difficult to understand...

Home > Lenten Blog 2023 “Remember you are dust, and to dust you shall return.” February 22, 2023 Joel 2:1-2, 12-17  |  Isaiah 58:1-12  |  Psalm 103  |  2 Corinthians 5:20b-6:10  |  Matthew 6:1-6,16-21 In my sleep a few nights ago, I saw & heard these...