May
05
Fourth Sunday of Easter
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Apr
25
Third Sunday of Easter
The resurrected Christ calls us out of our hate and into the Way of Love.
Convert us, again and again, O God, to the Way called Love.
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Apr
21
Second Sunday of Easter
This week we begin a six-week Easter Season series from the Book of Acts. We will be exploring various “Easter People” from the biblical book of Acts
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Apr
12
Easter - Love Lives Again!
A central message of Easter: Love lives again! It cannot in fact be defeated. We may try, empires may try. We may bury it, thinking it gone. But the power of Love is stronger than our own power.
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Apr
11
Easter Triduum - Three Days
May we follow our Christ through the events of his last earthly week with wonder and awe.
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Apr
04
Palm Sunday
The week's newsletter uses the genre of a worship service to present its
content. You will encounter liturgies,
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Mar
28
Rivers in the Desert
This week's newsletter provides commentary on Isaiah 43, the First Reading for the Fifth Sunday in Lent; an invitation to celebrate mystery; and a blessing to our Muslim neighbors who begin their holy month of fasting this week.
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Mar
21
There was a man who had two sons
Calling this story (Luke 15:1-3, 11b-32) The Parable of the Prodigal Son reduces our focus to the one son. But the parable opens with the line: "There was a man who had two sons."
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Mar
14
The Tower of Siloam and Suffering
Jesus mentions the death of eighteen people when the tower of Siloam fell and asks "are they greater sinners than others?" The implied answer is no. They did nothing that might cause their death.
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Mar
07
As a hen gathers her brood under her wings
Two holy symbols from two different religious traditions. Placed side by side, they encourage us to imagine their relationship. Jerusalem, in fact, creates these moments regularly for pilgrims today.
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