“For many are called, but few are chosen.” – Matthew 22:14   This weekend’s Gospel reading is yet another complex parable from Jesus where the kingdom of heaven is found in the most unexpected people and places.   If you were unable  to be with us, below is the link to watch the livestream of […]

“Lord, make me an instrument of your peace” – St. Francis of Assisi   This past weekend we commemorated St. Francis of Assisi, who embraced poverty to discover God in the humble and lowly and simple, embraced the incarnation as the sign of Christ’s ultimate love for us, and embraced a divine connection with animals […]

“Am I not allowed to do what I choose with what belongs to me?  Or are you envious because I am generous?  So the last will be first and the first will be last.” – Matthew 20:15-16   This weekend’s Gospel reading reminds us that sometimes God is not fair and life is not fair […]

“If we live, we live to the Lord, and if we die, we die to the Lord; so then, whether we live or whether we die, we are the Lord’s.” – Romans 14:8   This past  weekend in worship, we gathered around word and sacrament, prayer and song to experience grace and peace and joy […]

“Let love be genuine; hate what is evil, hold fast to what is good; love one another with mutual affection; outdo one another in showing honour. Do not lag in zeal, be ardent in spirit, serve the Lord. Rejoice in hope, be patient in suffering, persevere in prayer.” ~  Romans 12:9-12 This past  weekend, we looked at the challenges […]

Jesus said to them, “But who do you say that I am?”  Simon Peter answered, “You are the Messiah, the son of the living God.” – Matthew 16:15-16   In this Sunday’s assigned Gospel reading, we focus upon Peter, the faithful but flawed disciple, his profound confession, and Jesus’ empowering words for Peter and the church […]

“Let us build a house where hands will reach beyond the wood and stone to heal and strengthen, serve and teach, and live the Word they’ve known.  Here the outcast and the stranger bear the image of God’s face; let us bring an end to fear and danger.  All are welcome, all are welcome, all […]

“Then he ordered the crowds to sit down on the grass. Taking the five loaves and the two fish, he looked up to heaven, and blessed and broke the loaves, and gave them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the crowds. And all ate and were filled; and they took up what was […]

“For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor rulers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord”. – Romans 8:38-39   This weekend, we encounter […]

“All the world is God’s own field, fruit unto his praise to yield; wheat and tares together sown, unto joy or sorrow grown.  First the blade, and then the ear, then the full corn shall appear.  Lord of harvest, grant that we wholesome grain and pure may be. – Henry Alford (ELW # 693)   […]