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  • Holy Week 2022 – Monday

    With Jesus, we are called to turn the tables on our understanding and assumptions   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!”…

  • Sunday Reflection, Palm Sunday – April 10, 2022

      Jesus Enters Jerusalem 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…

  • Kids Korner: Palm Sunday (April 10th)

    Read Luke 19:28-40 with your family. Sometimes we have to think about Jesus in opposites, and this story is a good place to start: Everyone was expecting Jesus to enter Jerusalem as a mighty king, Jesus really came as someone humble and did not claim earthy power. A king would enter the city on a…

  • Sunday Reflection, Lent V – April 3, 2022

      At Bethany John 12 Six days before Passover Jesus went back to Bethany, where he had raised Lazarus from death. 2 A meal had been prepared for Jesus. Martha was doing the serving, and Lazarus himself was there. 3  Mary took a very expensive bottle of perfume and poured it on Jesus’ feet. She wiped them with her hair,…

  • 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…