Scripture: Acts 16:9-15We join Paul in meeting Lydia, a new and faithful friend who welcomes him into her home, and transforms the church for all the years to come. What small acts of welcome and hospitality may yet bring Christ even more clearly into our lives and the world?
Scripture: Acts 11:1-18The Apostle Peter shares a vision that has led him to widen the welcome of the earliest church. Today, we are called to do the same: deepening our understanding of what is core to our faith while also welcoming difference and diversity as a testament to God’s creative powers.
Scripture: Acts 9:36-43We meet Tabitha, an early saint of the church who died surrounded by widows whose lives she touched. As Peter comes to restore her to life, he sees, and we see today, an invitation into an economy of grace and compassion that may yet call us into Christ’s new life together.
Scripture: John 21:1-19The disciples, in the mystery and uncertainty of the days after the ressurection, find themselves drawn back to what they knew: their old lives of fishing. Yet Jesus appears to them, offers them a more filling meal than what has been, and calls them into what will be. For us as the church, … Read more