by Shelly | Mar 30, 2022 | Sermons
From trial to newness Our God makes all things new. In the first reading God promises it. In the gospel Mary anticipates it, anointing Jesus’ feet with costly perfume in preparation for the day of his burial. In the second reading Paul recalls his transformation from...
by Shelly | Mar 22, 2022 | Sermons
As We Forgive Others The psalm sets the tone this day: “Happy are they whose transgressions are forgiven, and whose sin is put away!” Happy are those who have “become the righteousness of God” in the merits of Christ Jesus. Happy are those for whom the forgiveness of...
by Shelly | Mar 18, 2022 | Sermons
Getting another chance to show fruits of love The warnings are plentiful and blunt on the third Sunday in Lent. Cut it out or get cut down! The warnings are accompanied by God’s invitation to attentiveness: “Incline your ear, and come to me; listen, so that you may...
by Shelly | Mar 8, 2022 | Sermons
Enfolded under the safety of God’s presence Though we sometimes doubt and often resist God’s desire to protect and save us, our God persists. In holy baptism, God’s people have been called and gathered into a God-initiated relationship that will endure. Lent...
by Shelly | Feb 26, 2022 | Sermons
Physical reminders of God’s presence strengthen us to walk with Christ during our lenten journey These forty days called Lent are like no other. It is our opportune time to return to the God who rescues, to receive the gifts of God’s grace, to believe with the...
by Shelly | Feb 26, 2022 | Sermons
Revealing Christ’s Glory Witnesses to the glory of God in the face of Jesus reflect that glory in the world. It was true for Moses. It was doubtless true for Peter, James, and John. We pray that it will be true of all of us who see God’s glory in the word and in...
