3rd Sunday after Pentecost - 06/18/2023

Readings for today (Proper 6A, Track 1)

Have you ever received a gift you weren’t really sure you wanted?  A gift from someone you love and respect - and whom you think knows you pretty well - and you wonder how they could have picked this “unusual” thing for you.  And, of course, it came without a tag or a gift receipt – so you couldn’t just discreetly return it.

 

How did you react?  Did you fake loving it? Boldly ask what about it made them think of you? Or offer faint thanks while deciding in which closet to store it until the giver comes to visit?  And what about the gift that you can’t give away or hide?

2nd Sunday after Pentecost - 06/11/2023

Readings for today (Proper 5, Track 1)

What would Matthew’s story of Jesus walking along look like if we set it in our neighborhood, 7th-9th Avenues, between James and Madison?

In Matthew 9, Jesus is already well-known.  He has called the fishermen Peter and Andrew, and James and John; given the Sermon on the Mount; healed many people; stilled the stormy sea with a word; cast demons into a herd of pigs; and most recently healed a paralyzed man.  At this point, who hasn’t heard of him?

Trinity Sunday - 06/04/2023

Readings for today.

Good morning, Trinity family!  

I am so excited to welcome Easton and Charlotte into the body of Christ this morning!  As I met with their parents Matt and Kelsey and Rachael and Connor to prepare for today, we talked about their deepest desires for their children.  They shared things like:  happiness, strength of faith and morals, belief in themselves, a sense of unbounded possibility, love for themselves, agency and freedom to make their own decisions in life, a rich breadth of learning and experiences, a loving and supportive home and family. 

Through baptism, this Trinity community joins in supporting Rachael, Connor, Kelsey, and Matt as they, with God’s help, raise Easton and Charlotte to love God and all creation.  And speaking of baptism and water...