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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…
Sunday Reflection, Lent I – March 6, 2022

Temptation in the Wilderness Luke 4 Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, left the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, 2 where for forty days he was tempted by the Temptation (ha satan). He ate nothing during those days, and at the end of them he was hungry. 3 Ha satan said to him, “If you are the Son…
Kids Korner: Jesus is Tempted (March 6th)

Read Luke 4:1-13 with your family. The scripture today talks about Jesus being tempted in the wilderness after his baptism, and having to deal with “Satan” or “the Devil”. Those are scary words and sadly the church has made them scary throughout history. But the original Hebrews did not think of a scary figure dressed…