In keeping with our Lenten Theme of making room in our lives for added times of devotion, the congregation is invited to attend the Tuesday Night Prayer Gathering. Each week the Gathering will open with a short time of singing and prayer. Participants will hav... More »
God is mercy. That seems to be the main message of the reading from Exodus. God has seen the suffering of the Israelites and promises mercy and rescue. From then on, God is to be known as the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Paul calls his readers to continue... More »
The Way to Happiness is comprised of 21 precepts, each one predicated on the fact that one’s survival depends on the survival of all others—and that without the survival of others, no joy and no happiness are attainable. In the two decades since it was aut... More »
Ash Wednesday is a Christian holy day that has been honored by Christians for well over ten centuries. It falls at the beginning of Lent, a six-week season of preparation for Easter. In the earliest centuries, Christians who had been stuck in persistent sin ha... More »
Mark’s gospel opens with the clear and resounding title “The beginning of the good news about Jesus, the Messiah and the Son of God.” In Mark 1:2 –8:21, the main point of God’s Word is to reveal who Jesus is. In those chapters, Jesus consistently and repea... More »
It is hard to believe that the Lenten season is approaching again. Ash Wednesday falls on February 13, this year. Traditionally the text that is read on that day is from the second chapter of the prophet Joel. Yet even now, says the Lord, Return to me with all... More »
Pastor Connie and I have decided to preach a series of sermons during the next few weeks from the Biblical Book of Psalms. The Psalms have been a great source of comfort for many generations of Jewish and Christian believers. They are also accepted as part of ... More »
Seven years ago I began a journey with 12 sixth grade girls. Amy, Hayley, Megan, Heather, Karen, Carrie, Taylor, Emmie, Marilyn, Jackie, Abigail, and Melody. I was going to Fuller Seminary and wanted to volunteer at Lake Avenue Church as a Junior High leader, ... More »
December 30,2012 The Holy Family of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph Greetings my good friends, Today’s feast is called ”The Holy Family of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph.” They represent a model family, which we all strive to be like in our own families. Having witnessed suc... More »
Catholics in England during the period 1558 to 1829 were prohibited by law to practice their faith either in public or private. It was illegal to be Catholic until Parliament finally emancipated Catholics in England in 1829. “The Twelve Days of Christmas” was ... More »
On the morning of July 20 we woke to the news of the senseless act of violence that had occurred in the community of Aurora, Colorado. In the days that have followed we have learned more about the events of that early morning and the days and months that prece... More »
“Be patient, therefore, beloved, until the advent of the Lord. The farmer waits for the precious crop from the earth, being patient with it until it receives the early and the late rains.You also must be patient. Strengthen your hearts, for the advent of the L... More »
