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  • Sunday Reflection – April 21, 2024

    Jesus tells his followers what comes next John 10 11  I am the good shepherd, and the good shepherd gives up his life for his sheep. 12 Hired workers are not like the shepherd. They don’t own the sheep, and when they see a wolf coming, they run off and leave the sheep. Then the wolf attacks and…

  • Kids Korner: Good Shepherd (April 21st)

    Read John 10:11-18 with your family. Sometimes it is very hard for adults to understand the lessons God is trying to teach us. Kids have an easier time understanding God (which should mean that adults listen more to kids, but sadly that doesn’t happen). It was difficult for adults to understand in Jesus’ time as…

  • Sunday Reflection – April 14, 2024

    Jesus tells his followers what comes next Luke 24 36 While Jesus’ disciples were talking about what had happened, Jesus appeared and greeted them. 37 They were frightened and terrified because they thought they were seeing a ghost. 38 But Jesus said, “Why are you so frightened? Why do you doubt? 39 Look at my hands and my feet and see who…

  • Kids Korner: I told you this would happen (April 14th)

    Read Luke 24:36-48 with your family. This is about as close to an “I told you so” as Jesus got with his followers. He tried to tell them along the way, three times in fact, but they just could not hear it. Really, it is no surprise. Hearing your friend is going to be beaten…

  • Sunday Reflection – April 7, 2024

    Jesus and Thomas John 20  19 The disciples were afraid of the Jewish leaders, and on the evening of that same Sunday they locked themselves in a room. Suddenly, Jesus appeared in the middle of the group. He greeted them 20 and showed them his hands and his side. When the disciples saw the Lord, they became very…

  • Kids Korner: Thomas has questions (April 7th)

    Read John 20:19-29 with your family. Something I used to hear growing up was “just believe, don’t ask questions”. As a kid I found that hard to understand. As an adult who reads the Bible, I now know that is not the kind of faith God wants us to have. Thomas asked questions like anyone…

  • Sunday Reflection – Easter Sunday, March 31, 2024

    The tomb was empty Mark 16 After the Sabbath, Mary Magdalene, Salome, and Mary the mother of James bought some spices to put on Jesus’ body. 2 Very early on Sunday morning, just as the sun was coming up, they went to the tomb. 3 On their way, they were asking one another, “Who will roll the stone away from…

  • Kids Korner: The tomb is empty (Easter Sunday, March 31st)

    Read Mark 16:1-8 with your family. One of the strangest parts of the story of Easter Sunday found in the Gospel of Mark, is that the women ran away when they heard about Jesus being alive again, because they were scared. In every other gospel the women run to tell people, but in Mark they…

  • Holy Week 2024 – Holy Saturday

    God surprises us by doing things we don’t expect and inverting the status quo   John 19 38 Joseph from Arimathea was one of Jesus’ disciples. He had kept it secret though, because he was afraid of the Jewish leaders. But now he asked Pilate to let him have Jesus’ body. Pilate gave him permission, and…

  • Holy Week 2024 – Good Friday

    God surprises us by doing things we don’t expect and inverting the status quo   John 19 12 Then Pilate wanted to set Jesus free. But the crowd again yelled, “If you set this man free, you are no friend of the Emperor! Anyone who claims to be a king is an enemy of the Emperor.”…