by Rev. Andie Raynor
Gospel lesson: John 14:23-29
Peace, I leave with you. My peace I give to you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not let them be afraid….
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A Stranger on the Road
by Rev. Scott Summerville
When he was at the table with them, he took bread, blessed and broke it, and gave it to them. Then their eyes were opened, and they recognized him; and he vanished from their sight. (Luke 24:30-31) Continue Reading
Who Are You?
by Bruce Lamb
John 21:1-19
What you do matters.
It matters what one person decides to do. We make choices each and every day. We make the choice to follow God by faith or to go our own way. Jesus is teaching the disciples what it means to follow. Continue Reading
Show Me!
by Rev. Scott Summerville
..But Thomas (who was called the Twin), one of the twelve, was not with them when Jesus came. So the other disciples told him, “We have seen the Lord.” But he said to them, “Unless I see the mark of the nails in his hands, and put my finger in the mark of the nails and my hand in his side, I will not believe.” A week later his disciples were again in the house, and Thomas was with them. Although the doors were shut, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you.” Then he said to Thomas, “Put your finger here and see my hands. Reach out your hand and put it in my side. Do not doubt but believe.” Thomas answered him, “My Lord and my God!”…. Continue Reading
If we take back piety…
by Lea Matthews
Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan
and was led by the Spirit in the wilderness,
where for forty days he was tempted by the devil.
He ate nothing at all during those days,
and when they were over, he was famished.
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Mountain Time
by Rev. Scott Summerville
Luke 9, Exodus 34
… Jesus took with him Peter and John and James, and went up on the mountain to pray. And while he was praying, the appearance of his face changed, and his clothes became dazzling white. 9:30 Suddenly they saw two men, Moses and Elijah, talking to him…. Continue Reading
Guide Our Feet
by Rev. Scott Summerville
Luke 1:68-79 – the words of Zechariah, father of John the Baptist:
“Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, for he has looked favorably on his people and redeemed them. He has raised up a mighty savior for us in the house of his servant David, as he spoke through the mouth of his holy prophets from of old, that we would be saved from our enemies and from the hand of all who hate us. Continue Reading
You Lack One Thing
by Rev. Scott Summerville
Mark 10:17-23
As he was setting out on a journey, a man ran up and knelt before him, and asked him, Jesus said to him, “Why do you call me good? No one is good but God alone. You know the commandments: ‘You shall not murder; You shall not commit adultery; You shall not steal; You shall not bear false witness; You shall not defraud; Honor your father and mother.'” Continue Reading
Naming the Saints
by Rev. Scott Summerville
On this day we call All Saints Sunday, and on this day we recall the gifts of loved ones now gone; we speak their names in silence or read them aloud. We recall with gratefulness the inexpressible gift of life, the inexpressible gift of each life – each unique and unrepeatable life, the inexpressible gift of those lives that have touched our lives in special ways. Continue Reading
My Neighbor Myself
by Rev. Scott Summerville
Matthew 22:34-40
When the Pharisees heard that he had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together, and one of them, a lawyer, asked him a question to test him. “Teacher, which commandment in the law is the greatest?” He said to him, “‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ This is the greatest and first commandment. Continue Reading