Fourth Sunday after Pentecost – July 3, 2022
Jesus is sending those who follow him into the world, to bring peace and tell everyone that God is near to them.
Jesus is sending those who follow him into the world, to bring peace and tell everyone that God is near to them.
What’s your story? What are the stories others tell about you? How do they influence what you think about yourselves? Jesus is running into a man, whose story is mostly told by others, a story that labeled him dangerous and possessed. Jesus confronts him with a different story. The story God has with him. How […]
God gives us never anything less than himself, no matter if we meet God as Creator, Redeemer, or life-giving Spirit.
Happy birthday church. Ready to receive the Spirit of peace, truth, and unity? Peace is given to us by Christ, and yet we’ll have to claim that peace among us.
We had a very moving worship service today after the names of the victims of the mass murder at Uvalde / Texas were read and we prayed for the victims and their families. As Christ is praying for us, we are drawn into the loving relationship of God Father, Son and Spirit.
Water that is fresh, healing, rejuvenating, and life-giving is center in the readings from Revelations and John. Jesus Christ brings healing to a sick man at the pool Bethesda, where the healing capacities of the water were not able to help. Jesus Christ is the fountain of the waters of life in the world that […]
Jesus command to love one another and he has loved us overcomes all ‘us and them’ thinking, all polarization and separation. The work of the Mission Endowment Fund at Peace is a small but powerful example of love in action.
There are many different voices telling us they speak in the name of God. How can we know? Jesus’ voice is distinguishable by what he has to say. Listen how to recognize Jesus’ voice today.
Christ is risen. This message defeats death, fear, and all our sorrows. We need to hear it again and again, and so do the people around us: There is hope, there is love, there is life.
“Christ is risen! Christ is risen indeed!” This Easter proclamation was heard throughout this worship experience. Together with the women on the first Easter morning, we walked with a heavy heart to the grave, put our burdens down in the form of a rock (like the one rolled away from the grave) and heard God’s […]