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Sunday Reflection – June 14, 2026

. Touching Jesus Matthew 9 9 As Jesus was leaving, he saw a tax collector named Matthew sitting at the place for paying taxes. Jesus said to him, “Follow me.” Matthew got up and went with him. 10 Later, Jesus and his disciples were having dinner at Matthew’s house. Many tax collectors and other sinners were also there. 11 Some Pharisees asked…
Kids Korner: Touching Jesus (June 14th)

Read Matthew 9:9-13, 18-26 with your family. Have you ever been really sick? Maybe you had to stay in bed all day while everyone else was outside having fun. In today’s Bible story, a little girl was very, very sick. Her family was worried and sad because they thought they were going to lose her.…
Another chapter to come

There are two stories woven together in Matthew’s Gospel this week. A woman who has been bleeding for twelve years reaches out to touch the hem of Jesus’ cloak. A little girl lies dying while her father desperately searches for help. At first glance, they seem like separate stories. But perhaps they are really one…
Sunday Reflection – June 7, 2026

. Sending the twelve Matthew 9 35 Jesus went to every town and village. He taught in their synagogues and preached the good news about God’s kingdom. Jesus also healed every kind of disease and sickness. 36 When he saw the crowds, he felt sorry for them. They were confused and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. 37 He said to…
Kids Korner: Many hands (June 7th)

Read Matthew 9:35 – 10:23 with your family. In this story, Jesus looked at the people around Him and saw that they were tired, worried, and struggling. Some people were sick. Some were sad. Some felt lost and alone. Jesus didn’t turn away from them. He cared about them with a loving heart, and He…
Spread the message in humility

There’s a fascinating thread that runs from Matthew 9:35–10:23 straight into the early church manuals like the Didache. Jesus sends the twelve out with almost shocking instructions: take no extra money, no bag full of supplies, no extra tunic. Go vulnerable. Go dependent. Go as people who understand need rather than people who arrive towering…
Sunday Reflection – Trinity Sunday, May 31, 2026

. I am always with you Matthew 28 16 Jesus’ eleven disciples went to a mountain in Galilee, where Jesus had told them to meet him. 17 They saw him and worshiped him, but some of them doubted. 18 Jesus came to them and said: I have been given all authority in heaven and on earth! 19 Go to the people of…
Kids Korner: Trinity Sunday: I am always with you (May 31st)

Read Matthew 28:16-20 with your family. Sometimes people think Jesus only wanted grown-ups, pastors, or really important people to help share love in the world. But in this story, Jesus gathers his friends on a mountain and tells them something huge: “Go everywhere. Teach people how to love the way I taught you. Baptize them.…
Holiness in ordinary things

There is a kind of holiness that only reveals itself in ordinary time. Not the mountaintop moments. Not the grand revelations. Not the stories that end up printed in books or preached from pulpits years later once we have polished them into testimonies with tidy endings. I mean the quiet stuff. The reheated cup of…
Sunday Reflection – Pentecost, May 24, 2026

. The Holy Spirit Acts 2 On the day of Pentecost[a] all the Lord’s followers were together in one place. 2 Suddenly there was a noise from heaven like the sound of a mighty wind! It filled the house where they were meeting. 3 Then they saw what looked like fiery tongues moving in all directions, and a tongue came and…