This Sunday is Palm Sunday, the final Sunday in the season of Lent and the beginning of Holy Week — remembering the last week of Jesus’ earthly ministry.
Have you ever really messed up? Has there ever been a moment in your life when you needed a second chance? Is there anyone who could answer “no” to either of those questions?
This week’s scripture is… well… a little bit creepy. In a way it’s something akin to a horror movie. I look forward to exploring this story of transformation — and the people’s reaction — this Sunday in our Sanctuary worship.
Most people know something about Jonah and the big fish — a whale, as the common interpretation goes — that swallowed him. Just about everyone knows that story, right?
This Sunday, February 21st, is the first Sunday in the season of Lent. Our worship theme this season is Darkest Before the Dawn. Within every moment of deep darkness lies the certainty that the dawn is coming.
Given the unusual past 12 months, this year’s “Second Mile” Easter Offering is more important now than ever before.
This Sunday is the last Sunday before we enter the season of Lent. It is known as Transfiguration Sunday — the Sunday in which we remember the experience of Jesus and three of his disciples on a mountaintop in Galilee.
I’ll talk Sunday a bit about the dilemma faced by Christians in the early church, but the point Paul is making is applicable to us today.
It occurs to me that following means leaving. One cannot follow anyone or anything and stay put. So, if following Jesus means leaving, what does Jesus call us to leave?