7/12 Readings: Conflict and the New Humanity July 6, 2020 Sunday's Readings, Updates 6 Pentecost Gen. 25:19-34 Ps. 119:105-112 Rom. 8:1-11 Matt. 13:1-9, 18-23 “Isaac prayed to the Lord for his wife, because she was barren; and the Lord granted his prayer, and his wife Rebekah conceived... Read more...
7/5 Readings: The Need for Love June 29, 2020 Sunday's Readings We need God’s love and the loving presence of God’s people. Leave us not, O Lord, to suffer and die alone.
6/28 Readings: From Death to Life June 22, 2020 Sunday's Readings, Updates We have died with Christ and are dying with Christ. We have risen and are rising with him.
6/21 Readings: Life from the Dead June 15, 2020 Sunday's Readings We will lose our lives in the end, and all our effort to deny this only makes us more anxious and fearful.
6/14 Readings: Prevenient Grace June 8, 2020 Sunday's Readings, Updates God's grace comes first, before any human action is required. At least initially, we do not have to do anything.
6/7 Readings: Creation and Trinity June 1, 2020 Sunday's Readings We are, like Augustine, stirred from within, moved by the Holy Spirit who brings to remembrance all that Jesus taught and did, a Spirit that speaks to our spirit revealing that we are sons and daughters of God.
5/31 Readings: Gifts of the Spirit for Our Time May 26, 2020 Sunday's Readings Pentecost is the gift of nothing less than God poured into our hearts and speaking a language of love we recognize and understand. God is with us. We are not alone.
5/24 Readings: Formed for Salvation May 18, 2020 Sunday's Readings, Updates How does the new humanity emerge? In perfect love, God reaches out to each person according to their need and capacity.
5/17 Readings: A Vertical Line and Concentric Circles May 11, 2020 Sunday's Readings The Spirit is in you, and you are in the Son, and the Son is in the Father. In this way, we love and know God.
5/10 Readings: Formed in You May 4, 2020 Sunday's Readings The very moment of Stephen’s martyrdom is a re-enactment of Christ from the cross -- an illustration of what it means to be "in Christ."
