God’s Presence Changes Everything Still Today
God’s presence is available and with us today, comforting us, teaching us, reminding us, shaping us, to make this all more like the Kingdom of God.
Nancy's Love in this Life and the Next
Perfect submission, all is at rest; I in my Savior am happy and blest, watching and waiting, looking above, filled with his mercy, lost in his love.
The Daily Journey of World-Changing Love
We may not always love particularly well, but when we keep love as our guide, we trust that in so doing we are being formed by it all along the way.
Making Jesus Real for our World
Jesus commands us to love one another here in the church because it is our example that makes Christ real for the world to see.
God Calls the Least Likely (Us) to Love
He met Paul and Peter where they were, and he invited them to the way of love, both to be loved and to love others. He calls us just the same.
A Community that Proves the Resurrection
We do our best to live the gospel, and that is how we share the truth of the resurrection with others, not with what we say but with who we are.
The Ending of this Comedy: Love Wins
Love wins. The ending is a good one: death and sin have been defeated once and for all. So choose love. It is more than enough.
These Are Rituals That Shape Us
Every time we pray the Eucharistic Prayer and partake in Holy Communion, we remember this night, and we remember the charge Jesus gave his disciples before his death, the charge to love one another.
In Which Parade Are We Marching?
It is so easy for all of us to both sing “glory to our Redeemer King” and then fully reject his kingship, his way of love, when it comes to the other.
Choosing True Joy by Choosing Sacrifice
We know that a life of sacrifice to God and others is where true joy is to be found, where laying down our own lives is the greatest love.
Joan, Bob, and All the Company of Heaven
May we take comfort today in knowing that Angels, Archangels, Bob, and now Joan are forever singing hymns together to proclaim the glory of God’s name.
A God Who Refuses to Keep Score
Keeping score works if you need winners and losers, if you have a championship to fight for, but it has no place in God’s kingdom.