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Liturgy: “Pretty Little Liars”
What are you willing to do in order to serve and obey God? In particular, are you willing to lie?
Liturgy: “Joseph made himself known to his brothers …”
In the wake of the deadly violence of Charlottesville, and the aftermath which has been of such great concern to us all, we greet this year’s liturgy with a renewed sobriety and a resolve to bring the love of Jesus to those whose god is the “blood and soil” of this world.
Liturgy: “Alien: Covenant”
We’re all aware that aliens have been getting a bad rap recently. Between Donald Trump and Ridley Scott, that’s unlikely to change for the better any time soon.
Liturgy: Beautiful Mysteries
Winner of the Nobel Prize for literature in 1980, Milosz became known to some Americans following the publication and translation of The Captive Mind in the 1950s.
Liturgy: “I will not die, but live!”
Easter is now imbued with new meaning. It is no cute holiday. It is the turning point of history – and my life.
Liturgy: Grit for Glory
Martha was trying her best to accept her brother’s death. She was trying to act mature, to believe that Lazarus’s death was God’s will. She was trying to be strong.
Liturgy: Comforts
Our plans for life don’t always line up with the bigger and better plans that God has for our life.
Liturgy: My Life is a Mess
The liturgy this week reminds me that Jesus loves me no matter what. However messy I may be, he just keeps on loving me.
Liturgy: Do We Really Know this Man from Nazareth?
In Matt 17:1-9, it is clear that the disciples were caught off guard by Jesus’s transfiguration. They did not completely understand Jesus prior to it.
Liturgy: What Does He Want?
The scripture readings this week provide broad guidelines for doing life together well, personally and professionally.
