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  • Kids Korner: Mary of Bethany (April 3rd)

    Read John 12:108 with your family. Have you ever heard on the news or around town, people saying we shouldn’t help people we don’t know, those in other countries for example, we should help those here at home? And did you realize these complainers really didn’t want to help the people at home either, they…

  • Lenten Study: The Letters of Paul

    In week four of our study, we look at the letters to Philemon and the Philippians. Philemon is essentially a private letter intended to be read aloud, forcing Philemon to do Paul’s bidding, as it would show a lack of social grace to refuse. We have no idea what the issue was between Philemon and…

  • Sunday Reflection, Lent IV – March 27, 2022

      Two Lost Sons Luke 15 11 Jesus also told them another story: Once a man had two sons. 12 The younger son said to his father, “Give me my share of the property.” So the father divided his property between his two sons. 13 Not long after that, the younger son packed up everything he owned and left…

  • Kids Korner: Parable of the Lost Sons (March 27th)

    Read Luke 15:11b-32 with your family. Jesus told this teaching story, called a parable, to those around him. He told about two sons, one who wanted his inheritance and wanted to leave the family to do his own thing, and the other son who stayed home and did what he was expected to do. This…

  • Sunday Reflection, Lent III – March 20, 2022

      Turn Back to God 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…

  • Kids Korner: Story of the Fig Tree (March 20th)

    Read Luke 13:1-9 with your family. Jesus talked about two bad things that happened to the Hebrew people and reminded his followers that bad things did not happen to them because they were bad people. God does not hurt people who make bad choices. A lot of people in Bible times thought that, and some…

  • Lenten Study: The Letters of Paul

    In week three of our study, we look at the two letters to the Corinthians. The 1st letter to the Corinthians includes the teachings of Paul on sexual morality, eating food sacrificed to idols, the gifts of the spirit, the Words of Institution for the Eucharist, words about love, and equality between women and men.…

  • Sunday Reflection, Lent II – March 13, 2022

      Jesus Laments Over Jerusalem Luke 13 31 At that time some Pharisees came to Jesus and said, “You had better get away from here! 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…

  • Kids Korner: God as a mother hen (March 13th)

    Read Luke 13:31-35 with your family. The Bible uses a lot of images for God, not just ‘Father’. There are male images like father, and gender neutral images like wind, and female images like we see in this week’s story. God as a mother hen. How does a mother hen act? When there is danger…

  • Lenten Study: The Letters of Paul

    In week two of our study we look at the 1st Letter to the Thessalonians and the Letter to the Galatians. These are the earliest letters of Paul, c. 41-51 CE, and give us insight into the development of theology and issues of authority with the first Christians. Join this five week study with video…