September 22:  Selfless giving is greatness

September 22: Selfless giving is greatness

True greatness is serving all Today we hear James warn against selfish ambition, while the disciples quarrel over which one of them is the greatest. Jesus tells them the way to be great is to serve. Then, to make it concrete, he puts in front of them a flesh-and-blood...

This Week at Grace

This Week at Grace   Quarterly Giving Statements will be available starting Sunday, September 8 in the Church Entry. Any statements not picked up by Monday, September 23 will be mailed out   This Week at Grace Sun 9/15Deadline for Grace Gatherings Articles10...
September 8: Be opened, Welcome all

September 8: Be opened, Welcome all

Be opened – in body, mind, and spirit James tells us to stop showing favoritism in the assembly, treating the rich visitor with more honor than the poor one. Jesus himself seems to show partiality in his first response to the Syrophoenician woman in today’s...
August 18:  Jesus – The Bread of Life

August 18: Jesus – The Bread of Life

Jesus offers himself as God’s Wisdom Wisdom prepares a feast, sets her table, and invites all to come and eat her bread and drink her wine. The first chapter of John’s gospel owes much to the biblical tradition that imagined Wisdom as existing before anything...
August 11:  Jesus – Life in Christ

August 11: Jesus – Life in Christ

Seeking daily bread, Jesus offers himself Jesus says that the bread he gives for the life of the world is his flesh, and whoever eats this bread has eternal life now and will be raised on the last day. In Ephesians Paul tells us what this life Jesus gives us looks...