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  • Holy Week 2025 – Good Friday

    Enemy of the State   Luke 22 66 At daybreak the nation’s leaders, the chief priests, and the teachers of the Law of Moses got together and brought Jesus before their council. 67 They said, “Tell us! Are you the Messiah?” Jesus replied, “If I said so, you wouldn’t believe me. 68 And if I asked you a question, you…

  • Holy Week 2025 – Maundy Thursday

    When you do this, remember me   Luke 22 7 The day had come for the Festival of Thin Bread, and it was time to kill the Passover lambs. 8 So Jesus said to Peter and John, “Go and prepare the Passover meal for us to eat.” 9 But they asked, “Where do you want us to prepare it?”…

  • Holy Week 2025 – Wednesday

    Facing temptation and uncertainty   Luke 22  The Festival of Thin Bread, also called Passover, was near. 2 The chief priests and the teachers of the Law of Moses were looking for a way to get rid of Jesus, because they were afraid of what the people might do. 3 Then Satan entered the heart of Judas Iscariot, who was…

  • Holy Week 2025 – Tuesday

    Prepare for the changes in the world with prayer, not fear   Luke 21 25  Strange things will happen to the sun, moon, and stars. The nations on earth will be afraid of the roaring sea and tides, and they won’t know what to do. 26 People will be so frightened that they will faint because of what…

  • Holy Week 2025 – Monday

    When human power structures refuse to accept the authority of God’s people   Luke 19 45 When Jesus entered the temple, he started chasing out the people who were selling things. 46  He told them, “The Scriptures say, ‘My house should be a place of worship.’ But you have made it a place where robbers hide!” 47  Each day, Jesus…

  • Sunday Reflection – Palm Sunday, April 13, 2025

    Hosanna Luke 19 28 When Jesus had finished saying all this, he went on toward Jerusalem. 29 As he was getting near Bethphage and Bethany on the Mount of Olives, he sent two of his disciples on ahead. 30 He told them, “Go into the next village, where you will find a young donkey that has never been ridden. Untie…

  • Kids Korner: Palms and parades (April 13th)

    Read Luke 19:28-40 with your family. When people are excited everyone can feel it. That was what it was like when Jesus entered Jerusalem. For years old people had been telling young people about the promise of a saviour, of a person who would come and free them from the Romans, and make Jerusalem and…

  • Lenten Study 2025 – Week 5

    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…

  • Lenten Study 2025 – Week 4

    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 IV, March 30, 2025

    Two lost sons Luke 15 Tax collectors and sinners were all crowding around to listen to Jesus. 2 So the Pharisees and the teachers of the Law of Moses started grumbling, “This man is friendly with sinners. He even eats with them.” 3 Then Jesus told them this story: 11 Jesus told them yet another story: Once a man had…