Disciples, Apostles, and Saints! This week we celebrate Ascension Day, one of the seven principal feasts of the church. And every year, I feel so bad for this poor holiday. It is one of the most important days in the church calendar, and has been for centuries, but we treat it like it is nothing. …
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A Word: God Loves You Anyway
Jesus talking about love in the midst of crisis is always relevant. Jesus saying each other is the way to know God is even more so. Knowing the love of God requires admitting it can be known.Easter 6A | John 14:15-21 The thing about reading John is that it gets heady. It is the …
A Word: Lead with Love
We want Jesus to teach us how to love like it takes a methodology or more faith than we have. Instead, Jesus shows how that misses the point. Jesus and the teaching of uncommon forgiveness Proper 22C Luke 17:1-10 by the Rev. Drew Downs Photo by Leo Cardelli from Pexels We jump into the …
