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It’s a new year – ready for new life? New life in the New Year can be so ordinary. Back to work, back to school, back to the routine. Wouldn’t you like your New Year to be the start of a new life? Here’s a way to live Christmas all year round: Remember that Jesus’ […]
Jesus – the only meaning of Christmas. What’s the best gift you will get this Christmas? A new car? A new iPhone 7? How about a new life? No one would argue that a new car or new technology will transform your life. For a while, anyway. But Christians believe that, no matter how cool […]
Joseph was a “righteous” man. But God had a different idea of “righteous.” Not the conventional wisdom. Not the standards kept by “nice people” of Joseph’s day. Today’s Gospel lesson outlines the dilemma faced by Joseph, the first-century Jewish man engaged to a young woman named Mary. His fiancée had come to him with a […]
Waiting in the wilderness can be tough. John the Baptist didn’t know about Advent, but he knew about waiting. In today’s Gospel reading, the prophet is in a prison cell, waiting to die a hideous death. He knows about Jesus – a distant cousin – and has prophesied that Jesus is the Messiah that God […]
God turns enemies to friends! In God’s kingdom, creatures that used to be enemies become friends. “The wolf shall live with the lamb… and a little child shall lead them.” That’s the famous prophecy from Isaiah we hear in the weeks before Christmas. We call this period Advent, a time of waiting for God to […]
Advent is a time of waiting. Today marks the beginning of Advent, when Christians reflect on God’s many promises to us. Over the centuries, God has spoken to faithful people who have left a record of visions and prophecies. The most important prophecies – that of an Anointed One who would establish a kingdom of […]
Today is Christ the King Sunday! What kind of king? Jesus is not the kind the world is expecting! Jesus is a king that loves lavishly, forgives abundantly and opens his arms to all people from the cross. The world can think him foolish – and us fools for believing in Him. But we know […]
God’s people trust – and endure! It’s strangely easy to trust the latest craze. So why is it so hard to trust God’s own Son? It’s easy to trust in something that seems solid, like a building. But can we trust God as he uses us to build His Kingdom? In today’s Gospel, Jesus asks […]
God’s people get blessed in a different way! The Beatitudes describe what it means to be blessed. But Jesus’ message in today’s Gospel raises a lot of questions. Blessed to be poor? Woe to the rich? Christians consider the Beatitudes to be Jesus’ greatest sermon. Jesus reminds us that things the world considers blessings can […]
Why is a reformation so hard? God asks us to re-form our hearts. God asks us to open ourselves to his many gifts – they are free! When that miracle happens, more and more miracles ripple out – and our personal reformation flows to re-form all that is around us. Today, we think about Martin […]