Assigned Texts: Genesis 38-15 2nd Corinthians 4:13-4:1 Mark 3:20-35 Today I am focusing on the text from Paul’s second letter to the Corinthians. Here Paul gives us an excellent perspective with which to view the hardships of...
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Trinity Sunday, May 30, 2021
Assigned Scripture Lessons: Isaiah 6:1-8 Romans 8:12-17 John 3:1-17 On Trinity Sunday, we sometimes spend far too much time trying to figure out how this whole Trinity thing works, when all we need to do is to do what Jesus has...
Pentecost Sunday (May 23, 2021)
Assigned Texts: Acts 2:1-21 Romans 8:22-27 John 15:22-27, 16 4b-15 The Body of Christ at Work in the World Today Like many Christian Churches, we Moravians do Christmas really well. In non-Covid times we fill the sanctuary...
6th Sunday of Easter – May 9, 2021
Assigned Lessons: Acts 10:44-48 I John 5:1-6 John 15:9-17 To Be At Home in God’s Love To say that you abide in an abode is another way of saying that you live in a house. My home is a place where I know that I can simply...
The Seventh Sunday of Easter – Ascension Sunday – May 16, 2021
Assigned Scripture Passages: Acts 1:15-17, 21-26 I John 5:9-13 John 17:6-19 Perhaps you’ve witnessed this scene yourself. Maybe you’ve experienced it yourself: Mom is leaving for a trip and leaving her husband and...
The Fifth Sunday of Easter (May 2, 2021)
Assigned Texts for the Day: Acts 8:26-40 I John 4:7-21 John 15:1-8 In 2008, Dr. Eben Alexander, one of the top neurosurgeons in the US, contracted a rare form of bacterial meningitis that shut down the neocortex of his brain. ...
The Fourth Sunday of Easter (April 25, 2021)
The Lectionary Texts Psalm 23 Acts 4:5-12 I John 3:16-24 John 10:11-18 As we continue in this Easter season we affirm that “The Lord is risen….Indeed!” But really, what difference does that make? How does this...
The Third Sunday of Easter (April 18, 2021)
The Assigned Texts: Acts 3:12-19 I John 3:1-7 Luke 24:36b-48 Psalm 4 Luke 24:36b-48 Today’s Gospel lesson comes after Luke’s resurrection day account of Jesus’ journey on the road to Emmaus. It is only...
The Second Sunday of Easter (April 11, 2021)
Lectionary Texts: Acts 4:3235 Psalm 133 I John 1:1-2-2:2 John 2-:19-31 Last week, as we read Mark’s account of Easter morning, we saw that Mary Magdalene and the other women who accompanied her were full of fear when they...
Easter Sunday, April 4, 2021
Assigned Scripture Passages: Acts 10:34-43 Psalm 118:1-2,14-24 I Corinthians 15:1-11 Mark 16:1-8 I remember my first Easter in one of the congregations that I served as pastor. In my long-range planning for the Easter worship...