Sunday Reflection – Easter Sunday, April 5, 2026
Jesus Lives!! Matthew 28 The Sabbath was over, and it was almost daybreak on Sunday when Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to see the tomb. 2 Suddenly a strong earthquake struck, and the Lord’s angel came down from heaven. He rolled away the stone and sat on it. 3 The angel looked as bright as lightning, and his…
Kids Korner: Easter Sunday (April 5th)
Read Matthew 28:1-10 with your family. Early on Sunday morning, Mary Magdalene and another woman named Mary went to visit Jesus’ tomb. They were sad because Jesus had died. But when they got there, something amazing had happened. The stone in front of the tomb had been rolled away, and an angel told them, “Do…
Holy Week 2026 – Holy Saturday
Sitting quietly in faith and reflection Matthew 27 57 That evening a rich disciple named Joseph from the town of Arimathea 58 went and asked for Jesus’ body. Pilate gave orders for it to be given to Joseph, 59 who took the body and wrapped it in a clean linen cloth. 60 Then Joseph put the body in his own tomb…
Holy Week 2026 – Good Friday
Finding the personal connection and resisting the crowd Matthew 26 57 After Jesus had been arrested, he was led off to the house of Caiaphas the high priest. The nation’s leaders and the teachers of the Law of Moses were meeting there. 58 But Peter followed along at a distance and came to the courtyard of the…
Holy Week 2026 – Maundy Thursday
Feel the depth of Jesus emotions as we are called to watch and pray Matthew 26 17 On the first day of the Festival of Thin Bread, Jesus’ disciples came to him and asked, “Where do you want us to prepare the Passover meal?” 18 Jesus told them to go to a certain man in the…
Holy Week 2026 – Wednesday
Sometimes our personal power is far more limited than we realize Matthew 26 14 Judas Iscariot was one of the twelve disciples. He went to the chief priests 15 and asked, “How much will you give me if I help you arrest Jesus?” They paid Judas 30 silver coins, 16 and from then on he started looking for a good…
Holy Week 2026 – Tuesday
The question of ‘authority’ is about power, not personal connection with Jesus’ message Matthew 21 23 Jesus had gone into the temple and was teaching when the chief priests and the leaders of the people came up to him. They asked, “What right do you have to do these things? Who gave you this authority?”…
Holy Week 2026 – Monday
Anger can be a spiritual response to our personal connection with injustice Matthew 21 12 Jesus went into the temple and chased out everyone who was selling or buying. He turned over the tables of the moneychangers and the benches of the ones who were selling doves. 13 He told them, “The Scriptures say, ‘My house should…
Sunday Reflection – Lent VI, Palm Sunday, March 29, 2026
Hosanna!! Matthew 21 When Jesus and his disciples came near Jerusalem, he went to Bethphage on the Mount of Olives and sent two of them on ahead. 2 He told them, “Go into the next village, where you will at once find a donkey and her colt. Untie the two donkeys and bring them to me. 3 If anyone asks…
Kids Korner: Lent VI – Palm Sunday (March 29th)
Read Matthew 21:1-11 with your family. One day, Jesus and His friends came close to a big city called Jerusalem. Jesus told two of His friends to go get a donkey. Not a big, fancy horse – just a humble little donkey! Jesus wanted to ride it into the city to show everyone that He was…
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