Sharing Lent with neighbor churches This Lenten season Grace will share hosting of mid-week Soup Supper & Worship with Luther House, Good Samaritan, First Methodist, First Presbyterian, and churches. Each week 6 pm Soup Supper supplied by hosting...
Walking with Jesus from triumph to the cross “The last enemy to be destroyed is death,” Paul writes. Today Christ is risen, and we gather together with astonishment and joy. Christ is risen, and we have been set free from the bonds of death. Christ is risen, and we...
Jesus reaches out to heal and break down barriers. 5th Sunday of Pentecost A woman finds healing by touching Jesus’ cloak, and a girl is restored to life when he takes her by the hand. In both cases a boundary is crossed: in Jesus’ time the hemorrhaging woman was...
Now is the day of salvation! Jesus Calms the Storm! Now is the acceptable time; now is the day of salvation! Now we are in the storm, the boat almost swamped; but Jesus is here now, and when we call him, he will calm the storm. Even the wind and waves listen to him...
Faith like a Mustard Seed The mustard seed becomes a great shrub that shelters the birds, recalling ancient images of the tree of life. We’d expect a cedar or a sequoia, but Jesus finds the power of God better imaged in a tiny, no-account seed. It’s not the way we...
One God, With Us Always When we say God is the triune God, we are saying something about who God is beyond, before, and after the universe: that there is community within God. Our experience of this is reflected in Paul’s words today. When we pray to God as Jesus...
