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O God, You are continually turning the world upside down. Your priorities defy the hierarchies we try to create. With love, you create another world, another system that includes everyone. Help me see our structures for what they are: systems offering advantages to the powerful and disadvantages to the powerless. When I seek power and position, remind me to …
30[Jesus and the disciples went on] and passed through Galilee. He did not want anyone to know it;31for he was teaching his disciples, saying to them, “The Son of Man is to be betrayed into human hands, and they will kill him, and three days after being killed, he will rise again.” 32But they did not understand what he was saying and …
Jesus asks the disciples who people are saying he is. The disciples report that people think he is a prophet or maybe even one of the major prophets of the Jewish people returned to life. When Jesus asks who they – his closest followers – say he is, Peter jumps right in and says, “You are the Messiah,” making a …
God of compassion, You call me to love and serve the people around me. To live your kind of generosity, sacrifice, self-denial and compassion. Despite my self-centered and selfish impulses, you call me to follow you. I don’t always want to do it. Sometimes people seem unlovable. And yet, with your help, I can try. Empower me to give of …
27Jesus went on with his disciples to the villages of Caesarea Philippi; and on the way he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that I am?” 28And they answered him, “John the Baptist; and others, Elijah; and still others, one of the prophets.” 29He asked them, “But who do you say that I am?” Peter answered him, “You are the Messiah.” 30And …
In the gospels we find all sorts of stories about Jesus healing people. Healing is at the core of who Jesus is and the ways God impacts the world, then and today. The stories of healing are all different because each person, each situation, each need, is different. This week’s story begins outside the Jewish territory, where Jesus is something …
O God, Open my mind to see the people around me as you see them. Open my heart to realize how I can share the abundance of your gifts with those around me. Open my spirit to know that we all are your beloved children. As you were moved by the words of a woman seeking healing, move me …
Join the community at Grace Lutheran Church for dinner on Wednesdays! This inter-generational meal features home-cooked food and is free for Penn State students! Weekly September through April at 5:15-6:30 pm in Harkins Hall (below the worship space). You’ll find lots of great food and friendly people every week! On September 11 you’ll also find campus minister Alicia Anderson!
[Jesus] set out and went away to the region of Tyre. He entered a house and did not want anyone to know he was there. Yet he could not escape notice,25but a woman whose little daughter had an unclean spirit immediately heard about him, and she came and bowed down at his feet. 26Now the woman was a Gentile, of Syrophoenician origin. …
What are the ways you live that reflect your commitment to God? In this week’s gospel reading, the religious leaders notice some of Jesus’ disciples were not doing traditional ritual washing before eating. Pharisees were a group of religious experts committed to carefully following the rules of religious observance. They prioritized both rules found in scripture (laws) and practices of …
