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- Advent - Christmas Blessing by Howard Thurman
- Psalm 51:1-12 - Teach me wisdom in my secret heart
- Exodus 24:12-18 Moses was on the mountain for 40 days and 40 nights
- Advent - Canticle Isaiah 12:2-6 - I Will Trust and Not Be Afraid
- Psalm 4 - Answer me. Hear my prayer.
- I will seek the lost...
- Psalm 105:1-6, 16-22, 45b - Difficult and unexpected encounters
- 2 Samuel 5: It is you who shall be shepherd of my people...
- Psalm 124: 1-8 - The snare is broken and we have escaped
- Advent - Isaiah 61:1-4, 8-11 Anointed to proclaim
Category Archives: Resurrection
2 Corinthians 5 – If anyone is in Christ, there is a new creation…
2 Corinthians 5:6-10 (11-13) 14-17 6So we are always confident; even though we know that while we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord — 7for we walk by faith, not by sight. 8Yes, we … Continue reading
Luke 24:13-35 – Their eyes were opened
Luke 24:13-35 13Now on that same day two of them were going to a village called Emmaus, about seven miles from Jerusalem, 14and talking with each other about all these things that had happened. 15While they were talking and discussing, … Continue reading
Psalm 116:1-4, 12-19 – O Lord, I pray, save my life!
Psalm 116:1-4, 12-19 1 I love the LORD, because he has heard my voice and my supplications. 2 Because he inclined his ear to me, therefore I will call on him as long as I live. 3 The snares of death encompassed me; … Continue reading
Posted in Acts, Baptism, Breathe, Faith, Freedom, Hope, Lectionary, Resurrection, Revised Common Lectionary, Testimony, Witness
Tagged a corrupt generation, lenten prayer, Peter witnesses, prayer and meditation, Revised Common Lectionary, silent meditation, spiritual journey, Telling the Easter Story
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Acts 2:14a, 36-41 – Save yourselves from this corrupt generation
Acts 2:14a, 36-41 14aBut Peter, standing with the eleven, raised his voice and addressed them, 36“Therefore let the entire house of Israel know with certainty that God has made him both Lord and Messiah, this Jesus whom you crucified.” 37Now … Continue reading
Posted in Acts, Baptism, Breathe, Faith, Freedom, Hope, Lectionary, Resurrection, Revised Common Lectionary, Testimony, Witness
Tagged a corrupt generation, lenten prayer, Peter witnesses, prayer and meditation, Revised Common Lectionary, silent meditation, spiritual journey, Telling the Easter Story
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Acts 2:14a, 22-32 – Listen to what I have to say
Acts 2:14a, 22-32 14aBut Peter, standing with the eleven, raised his voice and addressed them, 22“You that are Israelites, listen to what I have to say: Jesus of Nazareth, a man attested to you by God with deeds of power, … Continue reading
The Resurrection of the Lord: John 20:1-18 – He is Risen!
John 20:1-18 1Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the tomb. 2So she ran and went to Simon Peter … Continue reading
Acts 10:34-43 – Believing is seeing…we are witnesses
Second Reading Acts 10:34-43 34Then Peter began to speak to them: “I truly understand that God shows no partiality, 35but in every nation anyone who fears him and does what is right is acceptable to him. 36You know the message … Continue reading
Posted in Acts, Baptism of the Lord, Forgiveness, Freedom, Lectionary, Resurrection
Tagged advent prayer, faith, Lectionary, Revised Common Lectionary
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2 Corinthians 5 – If anyone is in Christ, there is a new creation…
2 Corinthians 5:6-10 (11-13) 14-17 6So we are always confident; even though we know that while we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord — 7for we walk by faith, not by sight. 8Yes, we … Continue reading
Praying with Art: “Roses, Last Summer” by Mary Oliver
If I had another life I would want to spend it all on some unstinting happiness. I would be a fox, or a tree full of waving branches. I wouldn’t mind being a rose in a field full of roses. … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Breathe, Faith, Meditation, Resurrection, Revised Common Lectionary
Tagged Mary Oliver, Meditation, new life, Prayer, Resurrection
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Easter Sunday – The stone had already been moved back…
GOSPEL MARK 16:1-8 1When the sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices, so that they might go and anoint him. 2And very early on the first day of the week, when the sun … Continue reading
