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  • Sunday Reflection – Reign of Christ Sunday, November 20, 2022

      Jesus on the cross Luke 23 32 They also led two other criminals to be executed with Jesus. 33 When they arrived at the place called The Skull, they crucified him, along with the criminals, one on his right and the other on his left. 34 Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they don’t know what they’re doing.” They drew lots…

  • Kids Korner: Jesus, ‘King of the Judeans’ (November 20th)

    Read Luke 23:33-43 with your family. This week the entire story of Good Friday is the backdrop for the scripture. The part of the video that shows our shorter scripture verse begins at the 2 minute mark. This is known as ‘Reign of Christ’ Sunday or in some places “Christ the King” Sunday. It is…

  • Sunday Reflection – November 13, 2022

      Destruction of the Temple Luke 21 5 Some people were talking about the temple, how it was decorated with beautiful stones and ornaments dedicated to God. Jesus said, 6 “As for the things you are admiring, the time is coming when not even one stone will be left upon another. All will be demolished.” 7 They asked him,…

  • Kids Korner: Destruction of the temple (November 13th)

    Read Luke 21:5-19 with your family. Every time we read the Bible we have to remember both the people around Jesus when the stories first happen and the people with the writer who heard the stories after they were written down. Listening with our imagination in two places will show us if the message of…

  • Sunday Reflection – November 6, 2022

      Jesus is challenged by a Sadducee Luke 20 27 Some Sadducees, who deny that there’s a resurrection, came to Jesus and asked, 28 “Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies leaving a widow but no children, the brother must marry the widow and raise up children for his brother. 29 Now there were seven brothers. The first…

  • Kids Korner: Jesus & the Sadducee (November 6th)

    Read Luke 20:27-40 with your family. Jesus was often challenged by those who were part of the Temple. They wanted to prove that Jesus didn’t understand God or the scriptures, but Jesus rarely answered their questions directly, instead Jesus would talk about something else, showing that the person asking the question was the one who…

  • Sunday Reflection – October 30, 2022

      Visiting with Zacchaeus Luke 19 Jesus entered Jericho and was passing through town. 2 A man there named Zacchaeus, a ruler among tax collectors, was rich. 3 He was trying to see who Jesus was, but, being a short man, he couldn’t because of the crowd. 4 So he ran ahead and climbed up a sycamore tree so he could see…

  • Kids Korner: Jesus visits Zacchaeus (October 30th)

    Read Luke 19:1-10 with your family. The Gospel of Luke has a lot to say about money and how people with too much money usually don’t want to hear the word of God because money is meant for sharing and people with lots of money don’t share as much as they should. Zacchaeus was a…

  • Sunday Reflection – October 23, 2022

      Finding Humility Luke 18 9 Jesus told this parable to certain people who had convinced themselves that they were righteous and who looked on everyone else with disgust:10 “Two people went up to the temple to pray. One was a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. 11 The Pharisee stood and prayed about himself with these words,…

  • Kids Korner: Honesty & Humility (October 23rd)

    Read Luke 18:9-14 with your family. The Gospel of Luke doesn’t like Pharisees very much. The writer thought them too full of themselves and too focused on the rules. Jesus, on the other hand, showed people that rules were not very important. The important thing was how we live. Today’s reading from Luke shows Jesus…