Posts from July 2018

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Sunday, July 29: God offers bread for the world!

by Trina Kleist

Eat your fill of God’s bread here!   Bread plays both a real and a symbolic role in two stories today. In the first, the prophet Elisha feeds 100 people with 20 loaves of barley and a sack of fresh grain. In the second, Jesus – God’s own Son! – feeds 5,000 people with even less: […]

Sunday, July 22: Jesus is our leader!

by Trina Kleist

He’s a leader of healing and compassion!   Today’s readings offer two visions of leadership among God’s people. Jesus is the best of all leaders. Because he is God’s own Son, he sees his people with God’s eyes. That’s why he has compassion for us! Jesus had compassion for them, because they were like sheep without […]

Sunday, July 15: God’s word – How will you respond?

by Trina Kleist

Embrace God’s word with us at PEACE!  Today’s readings offer two ways to respond to God’s word. People either embrace it, or they don’t. But God promises an abundant “inheritance” for those who do, adopting us as his own children. Anything we’ve done wrong, any way in which we’re less than perfect, it doesn’t matter! […]