Lessons: Genesis 12:1-4a Psalm 121 Romans 4:1-5, 13-17 John 3:1-17
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Second Sunday in Lent by The Rev. Amy Cox
Lessons: Genesis 12:1-4a Psalm 121 Romans 4:1-5, 13-17 John 3:1-17
First Sunday in Lent by The Rev. Ken Powell
Lessons: Genesis 2:15-17; 3:1-7 Psalm 32 Romans 5:12-19 Matthew 4:1-11 Good morning friends, For some irresistible reason, I can’t stop myself from wishing you all a “Happy Lent” as well as a Holy Lent. I know it is contrary to what we may have heard about this somber season of repentance andContinueContinue reading “First Sunday in Lent by The Rev. Ken Powell”
Ash Wednesday by the Rev. Martin Elfert
Lessons: Joel 2:1-2,12-17 Psalm 103:8-14 2 Corinthians 5:20b-6:10 Matthew 6:1-6,16-21 As a child, I was fascinated with ash. My parents had a home with a fireplace, one of those incredibly inefficient brick boxes built into the wall that doesn’t so much generate heat as it sucks the air that the furnace has heatedContinueContinue reading “Ash Wednesday by the Rev. Martin Elfert”
Last Sunday after the Epiphany by The Rev. Richard Toll
Lessons: Exodus 24:12-18 Psalm 2 2 Peter 1:16-21 Matthew 17:1-9 Today we have the Transfiguration of Jesus. The event is remembered on a beautiful mountain top at Mt. Tabor between Nazareth and the Sea of Galilee. There is a beautiful view of the valley below and a beautiful church with magnificent art. WhoContinueContinue reading “Last Sunday after the Epiphany by The Rev. Richard Toll”
Seventh Sunday after the Epiphany by The Rev. Martin Elfert
Lessons: Leviticus 19:1-2,9-18 Psalm 119:33-40 1 Corinthians 3:10-11,16-23 Matthew 5:38-48 Three weeks ago, when the lectionary invited us into our month-long sojourn with the Sermon on the Mount, I didn’t imagine that these four weeks would end up being a kind of preaching series here at Grace. I guess that’s because this isContinueContinue reading “Seventh Sunday after the Epiphany by The Rev. Martin Elfert”
Sixth Sunday after the Epiphany by The Rev. Martin Elfert
Lessons: Deuteronomy 30:15-20 Psalm 119:1-8 1 Corinthians 3:1-9 Matthew 5:21-37 Let’s begin this morning with an exercise. I’d like to invite you to do a mental inventory of those occasions when you have responded to another person in anger. Maybe the anger came in a flash, as it does sometimes when you areContinueContinue reading “Sixth Sunday after the Epiphany by The Rev. Martin Elfert”
“You Are the Light of the World” + Fifth Sunday after the Epiphany by The Rev. D. Corbet Clark
Lessons: Isaiah 58:1-12 Psalm 112:1-10 1 Corinthians 2:1-16 Matthew 5:13-20 “You are the light of the world.” When people through the ages have tried to figure out exactly what Jesus was trying to do in his ministry, they’ve come up with a variety of ideas. Some think he was like a monastic leader, tryingContinueContinue reading ““You Are the Light of the World” + Fifth Sunday after the Epiphany by The Rev. D. Corbet Clark”
Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany by The Rev. Martin Elfert
Lessons: Micah 6:1-8 Psalm 15 1 Corinthians 1:18-31 Matthew 5:1-12 Today and over the next three Sundays we will listen as Jesus shares with us what the late Leonard Cohen called, “the staggering account of the Sermon on the Mount – which I don’t pretend to understand at all.” I love that line.ContinueContinue reading “Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany by The Rev. Martin Elfert”
Third Sunday after the Epiphany by The Rev. Richard Toll
Lessons: Isaiah 9:1-4 Psalm 27:1, 5-13 1 Corinthians 1:10-18 Matthew 4:12-23 Jesus was raised in the Galilee region. It is a wonderful, beautiful region with mountains, hills, rivers and of course the Sea of Galilee. Nazareth is near the Sea of Galilee, about 35 miles away. Our scripture today in Matthew says thatContinueContinue reading “Third Sunday after the Epiphany by The Rev. Richard Toll”