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  • Kids Korner: Lost sons (March 30th)

    Read Luke 15:11-32 with your family. When we read this story about the lost son, so many focus on the younger son who realized he made a mistake by leaving his father’s home, and returned asking for some basic help, but instead found himself treated like a returning prince. We do not spend much time…

  • Lenten Study 2025 – Week 3

    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 III, March 23, 2025

    One More Chance Luke 13 About this same time Jesus was told that Pilate had given orders for some people from Galilee to be killed while they were offering sacrifices. 2 Jesus replied: Do you think that these people were worse sinners than everyone else in Galilee just because of what happened to them? 3 Not at all! But…

  • Kids Korner: One more chance (March 23rd)

    Read Luke 13:1-9 with your family. Often when Jesus is asked a question he does not answer it. Or when he does answer he is talking about something different from the original question. In this story we hear about 18 people crushed when a stone tower collapsed. We do not know anything about this tower…

  • Lenten Study 2025 – Week 2

    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 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…