Preaching Notes – Sunday, 25 August 2024
Today Gospel Reading chronicles the dramatic culmination of the 5-week study of John 6 (John 6:60-69). Will we find Jesus’ teaching too demanding as did
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Preaching Notes – Sunday, 11 August 2024
The food God graciously provides the exhausted and terrified prophet Elijah in our First Reading (1 Kings 19:4-8), is another example of Old Testament foreshadowing
Feast: Jesus’ Transfiguration – August 6
O Sweet Jesus, grant that your grace – power – may triumph in me and empower me to persevere through life’s trials with eyes set
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
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
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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
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God Knows Us by Name – 6th Sunday of Easter
The God who made the world knows you and calls you friend. Jesus says, “You are my friends” (John 15:14) Then Jesus says again, “I