Fourth Sunday in Lent: Yr A: 3/22/2020
3/22/2020
4 Lent: Yr A
Today’s Scriptures are not about physical vision, but spiritual vision…
Third Sunday in Lent: Yr A: 3/15/2020
3/15/2020
3 Lent: Yr A
Reverend Ardyss uses the lesson of the Samaritan woman at the well to provide a new perspective for us about the concerns of the world, specifically the coronavirus we are now having to face.
Second Sunday in Lent: Yr A: 3/8/2020
3/8/2020
2 Lent: Yr A
Father Ken discusses the heart-faith of Abram versus the head-faith of Nicodemus. Jesus and Paul make clear that nothing we ‘do’ earns us eternal life. It is freely received upon our showing God our heart of faith.
First Sunday in Lent: Yr A: 3/1/2020
3/1/2020
1 Lent: Yr A
On this first Sunday in Lent we read about Adam and Eve falling to the temptations offered by the serpent. This was the setup that got them kicked out of Eden – and into the wilderness that awaited them ‘outside’.
Last Sunday after the Epiphany Yr A: 2/23/2020
2/23/2020
Epiphany Last: Yr A
I would like you to think about the mountaintop experiences of your life. I remember a few years ago, a day in the middle of the week, Ruth and I decided to take off to Carmel for the day.
Sixth Sunday after the Epiphany Yr A: 2/16/2020
2/16/2020
Epiphany 6: Yr A
Reverend Ardyss provides the cultural context of the harsh words of Jesus; training his disciples to prepare them for people who have reduced God’s law to a check list, rather than a guideline for life.
Fifth Sunday after the Epiphany Yr A: 2/9/2020
2/9/2020
Epiphany 5: Yr A
Paul – “we have the mind of Christ”. When you and I invite God to be the directing force in our lives, we are changed. We come to know that what we are comes from gifts God has given us. We are each a creation of God, planned by God. And each of us has a unique mix of skills and talents, personality and passions, likes and dislikes, that as Christians – we turn over the steering wheel to Jesus, who knows us better than we know ourselves.
Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany Yr A: 2/2/2020
2/2/2020
Epiphany 4: Yr A
The Presentation of our Lord Jesus Christ at the Temple
Today’s readings all focus on the themes of symbols, ritual and blessing.
In the OT lesson, the prophet Malachi is frustrated with temple priests who corrupt worship and mislead the people. Malachi records God saying, “I am sending my messenger to prepare the way before me, and the Lord whom you seek will suddenly come to his temple.” This prophecy appears to foretell Jesus being dedicated to God at the temple. For Malachi, God’s presence among us is made known in the temple.
Third Sunday after the Epiphany Yr A: 1/26/2020
1/26/2020
Epiphany 3: Yr A
Two sets of brothers, Simon Peter and Andrew, and James and John were fishermen at Capernaum, a little town on the shores of the Sea of Galilee. Jesus called all of them to follow him. They instantly dropped the fishing nets they were mending, and left their boats, their hired laborers, and their father; they left everything to follow Jesus.
Second Sunday after the Epiphany Yr A: 1/19/2020
1/19/2020
Epiphany 2: Yr A
Six years ago I was given the life changing invitation by Bp Mary to be on the team from this diocese who met with teams from Tanzania and Gloucester, England to get to know each other, and to discuss how we are different, and how we are the same. People from Gloucester and DWT told us how Christianity came to their country, and how Christianity is shaped and witnessed in their countries today. The speakers from TZ described how the hunger for faith in Jesus was so strong that they could not build new churches fast enough