Our parable for today reminds us is that it is not only important for our eyes to be open to our neighbors around us, but to go so far as being loving keepers of our brothers and sisters, because we have been convinced to do so by Christ raising from the dead. Luke 16:19-31
Thanks be to God that we have a Savior who not only goes out of His way to find us but also sacrifices Himself for us in order that we might be found and be blessed with life and love. As we seek to be Christ in the world, may we be ambassadors of life […]
We are all a part of God’s neighborhood, and God makes no distinction in who God loves. May we always be mindful that everyone is our neighbor and that we have been called to love our neighbors just as surely as God first loved us. And when we have been beaten down or are too […]
As we hear the story of the demoniac, we are reminded of two things. The first is that we have been called by Christ to go to the places we call home and declare to those that are there how much God has done for us. The other thing that this story reminds us of […]
Our text from John 13 for this Sunday comes to us in the context of Maundy Thursday just after Jesus washed the disciples feet, and we hear he then says to them, ““By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.” God does not make a distinction […]
Messengers like John the Baptist played key roles in the history of our faith. What would it mean for us to not only heed the words of the messenger and prepare the way of the Lord in our own lives, but to become messengers ourselves? And while we might not be able to clothe ourselves […]
Using Jesus’ teaching on the apocalypse and Hebrews’ “provoked to love” the preacher speaks to the Christian’s response to bad news and apocalyptic worry. Included are illustrations of 9/11 museum from a recent church tour. Mark 13:8, Hebrews 10:23-25 Image Credit: InSapphoWeTrust/Flickr
If Christ is at the forefront when we gather, then I think our Gospel for today encourages us to do a few things as we share in ministry: we should see others who also gather in Christ’s name as our brothers and sisters so that we can have an understanding that other Christians are a […]
Our Gospel reading for today begins by reminding us to abide in Christ’s love, and as we gather as the Body of Christ for worship we know that love in a real way. Yet we all know that this does not simply take place in church, so how then do we abide in Christ’s love […]
In our Gospel reading for today we hear about the first time that Jesus had to suffer in his ministry, and in our second lesson we learn of the time when Jesus not only knew what it was like to suffer, but he suffered in place of someone else. As we seek to love the […]