Lessons: Deuteronomy 26:1-11 Romans 10:8b-13 Luke 4:1-13 Psalm 91:1-2, 9-16 When I was 20 years old, I decided to take a year away from university and move from Vancouver, British Columbia, to Calgary, Alberta, where I hoped to find work as a stagehand. I arranged to rent a room in a house, IContinueContinue reading “First Sunday in Lent by The Rev. Martin Elfert”
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Ash Wednesday by The Rev. Martin Elfert
Lessons: Joel 2:1-2,12-17 2 Corinthians 5:20b-6:10 Matthew 6:1-6,16-21 Psalm 103:8-14 * Remember that you are dust and to dust you shall return. What an extraordinary sentence. What an unreal thing for one person to say to another. We could probably spend the rest of the day unpacking that sentence. We could write a bookContinueContinue reading “Ash Wednesday by The Rev. Martin Elfert”
The Flowers in the Desert + Fifth Sunday in Lent by The Rev. Esme J. R. Culver
Lessons: Jeremiah 31:31-34 Psalm 51:1-13 Hebrews 5:5-10 John 12:20-33 By the Fifth Sunday of Lent, the shadows of the cross spread like cold ash across the wilderness landscape…..and yet, at this same time……desert wildflowers are in bloom. At this same time, the floor of the desert becomes, for one brief moment carpeted with the colorContinueContinue reading “The Flowers in the Desert + Fifth Sunday in Lent by The Rev. Esme J. R. Culver”
The Name of Faith + Second Sunday in Lent by The Rev. Esme J. R. Culver
Lessons: Genesis 17:1-7, 15-16 Psalm 22:22-30 Romans 4:13-25 Mark 8:31-38 The Ella Brown Room is filled with crosses. And there are crosses in the glass case in the hall outside the chapel. Each is treasured enough to be shared and each carries a story that partly defines the one who lives with it… and definesContinueContinue reading “The Name of Faith + Second Sunday in Lent by The Rev. Esme J. R. Culver”
A Place of Stillness + Ash Wednesday by The Rev. Esme J. R. Culver
Lessons: Joel 2:1-2,12-17 Psalm 103:8-14 2 Corinthians 5:20b-6:10 Matthew 6:1-6,16-21 There comes a time for stillness. A time to stop. To assess. To look around what is on the outside of us and what is on the inside. A time to focus. A time to peer into with intention. It is a time of awareness. ContinueContinue reading “A Place of Stillness + Ash Wednesday by The Rev. Esme J. R. Culver”