The Good News: Mark 9:30-37 Common English Bible 30 From there Jesus and his followers went through Galilee, but he didn’t want anyone to know it. 31 This was because he was teaching his disciples, “The Human One will…
The Good News: Ephesians 4:25-5:2 First Nations Version We are all members of one body – one tribe – so we must speak truth and be honest with each other, leaving the path of…
The Good News: Mark 3:20-35 Common English Bible Jesus entered a house. A crowd gathered again so that it was impossible for him and his followers even to eat. When his family heard…
Pentacost Sunday The Good News: John 15:9-17 New Revised Standard Version As the Father has loved me, so I have loved you; abide in my love. If you keep my commandments, you will abide in…
Reflection: “The Harmony of Living Systems” In the Scripture passage and reflection, you may have an emotional reaction to the use of the word Israel. Please remember that Jesus was born into the Jewish…
Ecclesiastes 3:1-13 NRSVUE 3 For everything there is a season and a time for every matter under heaven: 2 a time to be born and a time to die; a time to plant and a…
ADVENT 3: JOY Invitation: Winter Solstice The winter solstice is very close. Days continue to grow shorter as the nights grow longer. It is only four more sleeps until the turning of the year!…
The Good News: Matthew 25:14-29 CEB 14 “The kingdom of heaven is like a man who was leaving on a trip. He called his servants and handed his possessions over to them. 15 To one he gave…
Oct. 22 is known as Peace Sunday in the United Church, but in the light of the war in Gaza I decided to borrow from the United Church of Christ, our sister church in…
Invitation: Listen… Land is inviting us in. She asks us to join in her song deep within the earth. Land cries out from the ground. There is grief in her song but there is…
