Scripture: Acts 17:22a, 24–28, John 1:1-5We mark a new holy day in the church’s calendar to rejoice in God’s creating work and in the creation. What is not new is our ancestors’ hope and trust that God’s reconciling love is infused into everything that is. As we build communion with each other, how can we … Read more
Scripture: Exodus 3:1-15Moses, walking in the wilderness of “unbelonging”, notices something in his world. That change of attention will call him into a prophetic life among God’s people even as they wander themselves. Are we taking the time, and practice, of honing our attention to the world around us? Are we filling our senses to … Read more
Scripture: Exodus 1:8-2:10The infant Moses is rescued by a series of women who reject complicity with a deadly regime. In great moments of upheaval, they remind us that our daily lives and work are often the site of choosing what will align us with resurrection hope.
Scripture: Matthew 15:10-28Fresh from teaching the difference between ritual purity and goodness, Jesus encounters a Canaanite woman pleading for health for her daughter. His first answer wounds us, but the woman’s insistence on the power and grace of God’s care pours out healing from division, and from all that ails us.
Scripture: Matthew 14:22-33Jesus comes to his disciples walking on the water. Peter longs to join him, but finds himself sinking. When we find ourselves in the deep end of life, is that a conviction of our faith? Or, is the faith that we are called to carry one in which we are not guaranteed we … Read more