Seeing God’s truth for the first time Baptism is sometimes called enlightenment. The gospel for this Sunday is the story of the man born blind healed by Christ. “I was blind, now I see,” declares the man. In baptism God opens our eyes to see the truth of who we...
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...
Seeing Jesus’ glory strengthens his followers In today’s gospel the Samaritan woman asks Jesus for water, an image of our thirst for God. Jesus offers living water, a sign of God’s grace flowing from the waters of baptism. The early church used this gospel and...
New birth as children of God. During Lent we journey with all those around the world who will be baptized at the Easter Vigil. In today’s gospel Jesus tells Nicodemus that he must be born of water and Spirit. At the font we are a given a new birth as children of God....
Standing up to forces of evil Today’s gospel tells of Jesus’ temptation in the desert. His forty-day fast becomes the basis of our Lenten pilgrimage. In the early church Lent was a time of intense preparation for those to be baptized at the Easter Vigil. This...
