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  • Sunday Reflection – Lent II, March 16, 2025

    Jesus’ Lament Luke 13 31 At that time some Pharisees came to Jesus and said, “You had better get away from here, because Herod wants to kill you!” 32 Jesus said to them: Go tell that fox, “I am going to force out demons and heal people today and tomorrow, and three days later I’ll be through.” 33 But I…

  • Kids Korner: Jesus’ lament (March 16th)

    Read Luke 13:31-35 with your family. A lament is someone thinking or saying out loud how sad they are about something happening that they wish they could have changed. In this reading with have Jesus making a lament over Jerusalem, the city where every Hebrew person visited when they could. It was the place people…

  • Lenten Study 2025 – Week 1

    Unlike past Lenten Studies, this year we are not looking at specific Biblical characters or working through books of the Bible. This year we are taking a survey approach to finding hope in scripture, and getting some pragmatic examples of how to be God’s people, bringing justice through our actions. Our world is different in…

  • Sunday Reflection – Lent I, March 9, 2025

    Temptation Luke 4 When Jesus returned from the Jordan River, the power of the Holy Spirit was with him, and the Spirit led him into the desert. 2 For 40 days Jesus was tested by the devil, and during that time he went without eating. When it was all over, he was hungry. 3 The devil said to Jesus,…

  • Kids Korner: Temptation (March 9th)

    Read Luke 4:1-13 with your family. As soon as Jesus was baptized, as soon as he came out of the water and the Holy Spirit came upon him, as soon as God said Jesus was the beloved son, Jesus did something different than most people expected. He did not rush out to share his experience…

  • Ash Wednesday Reflection – March 5, 2025

      How To Guide to Faithful Living Matthew 6  When you do good deeds, don’t try to show off. If you do, you won’t get a reward from your Father in heaven. 2 When you give to the poor, don’t blow a loud horn. That’s what show-offs do in the synagogues and on the street corners, because…

  • Transfiguration Sunday Reflection – March 2, 2025

    Moses, Elijah, and Jesus Luke 9 28  About eight days later Jesus took Peter, John, and James with him and went up on a mountain to pray. 29 While he was praying, his face changed, and his clothes became shining white. 30 Suddenly Moses and Elijah were there speaking with him. 31 They appeared in heavenly glory and talked about all that…

  • Kids Korner: Transfiguration (March 2nd)

    Read Luke 9:28-43 with your family. Transfiguration Sunday is the name we give the Sunday before Lent begins. It has that name because this is the time in our Biblical story this is where the change happens, where God lets people know that Jesus is the one we should be listening to. And see how…

  • Lent 2025

    I don’t know about you, but this year Lent came upon me before I was ready. The events of the world, and the political and social action in Canada, have been my focus of late. We are in a very different place as we approach this Lent than we have been in years past, and…

  • Kids Korner: First disciples (February 9th)

    Read Luke 5:1-11 with your family. In the other Gospels, once Jesus is baptized and spends time in the desert, he immediately goes to ask the people he chose to be disciples. In Luke we already have Jesus hard at work before asking anyone to travel with him. This story is the first time we…