Preaching Notes – Sunday, 4 August 2024
Today is Sunday #2 of our 5 consecutive Sundays reading together select excepts from John 6. Front and center for us is the deep misunderstanding
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Preaching Notes (Sun) 28 July 2024
The Gospel writer John notes that the 5 barely loaves and fish came from a little boy. From a worldly point-of-view it may as well
Preaching Notes (Sun) 21 July 2024
Ignatius’ EXAMEN is a prayer practice that helps us find God in all aspects of daily living. So powerful is this prayer practice that Ignatius
St Thomas More Quote (15 July 2024)
“The times are never so bad that a good man cannot live in them.” + St. Thomas More (1478-1535)
Authority Over Unclean Spirits – (Sun) 14 July 2024
Despite our deep flaws, America remains that shinning city on the hill. We are a people particularly blessed by God. And with divine blessing we
Pastor's Pondering
Jesus Speaks God’s Word
Taking place around 1400 B.C., God announces through Moses that there is going to be a future prophet and we will listen to him: “I
Pastor's Pondering
Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness (July 4, 2024)
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that
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The Dastardly and Deadly Everlasting Sin – 10th Sunday Ordinary Time (Sun) 6/9
Jesus said: “Whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will never have forgiveness, but is guilty of an everlasting sin”(Mark 3:29). What is the “everlasting sin” about
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Corpus Christi (Sun) 6/2/24
The event of the EXODUS is God’s dramatic rescue of the People of Israel from slavery to Pharaoh. Connected with this event was a meal.
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Make Disciples – Matthew 28
In Matthew’s Gospel, Jesus’ final spoken words prioritize four actions on the part of His followers. “Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them