March 2020

Texts: Ezekiel 37:1-14; Romans 8:6-11; John 11:1-4 Over the past three weeks, with a whole new way of gathering in worship by livestreaming, our liturgy has been different. One very obvious change is that we’re not sharing the Lord’s Supper. Another adjustment, maybe not so obvious since it’s not something we do absolutely weekly, is that […]

Texts: 1 Samuel 16:1-13; Ephesians 5:8-14; John 9:1-41 I’d like to be the kind of pastor who, upon reading a really great gospel story, is immediately filled with deep spiritual insights about the good news. The bad news is, I’m not. Instead, the very first thought that went through my head was decidedly mundane. I though, Hmm.

Texts: Exodus 17:1-17; Romans 5:1-11; John 4:5-42 You can bet that the woman at the well in Sychar didn’t need to worry about social distancing. Staying six feet away or more, was something that people probably preferred to do whenever she was around. Going to the well at 12 noon tells us a lot. All the

Texts: Genesis 12:1-4a; Romans 4:1-5; 13-17; John 3:1-17 When you hear the word “unpredictable”, what comes to your mind? For many of us today it might be health concerns around the rapidly spreading Coronavirus. Or perhaps it is something else related to the virus. Like the stock market’s conniptions just now. Or it might be that

​Texts: Genesis 2:15-17, 3:1-7; Romans 5:12-19; Matthew 4:1-11 It was at this same time of the year, in the church of two thousand years ago, that people had to decide if they wanted to be baptized into the community of Jesus. It was no small decision. Taking a cue from the gospel story today, when Jesus

​Texts: Exodus 24:12-18; 2 Peter 1:16-21; Matthew 17:1-9 The lights go down and the curtain rises. We find ourselves on the side of a mountain, where two men are looking up intently.  It’s cold. The mountain is shrouded in cloud and mist. The men have been here a week. Waiting.  The rest of the community is down below