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It’s not too early to think about Spring Break! We are gathering students who want to help make plans about what kind of service-learning we’d like to offer! We’ll be working with Wesley PSU (the folks who bring you Abba Java Coffeehouse). Want to add your input and help make plans? Email Alicia TODAY! We hope to meet next week!
27 Some Sadducees, those who say there is no resurrection, came to [Jesus] 28 and asked him a question: “Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies leaving a wife but no children, the man shall marry the widow and raise up children for his brother. 29 Now there were seven brothers; the first married a woman and died childless; 30 then the second 31 and the …
In this week’s passage from Luke’s gospel, Jesus surprises us by saying people who are now poor, hungry, weeping, and rejected are “blessed” or beloved by God. He offers reassurance that their struggles will not last forever, giving hope for a different and better future. Jesus further surprises us by saying “woe” or “watch out” to people who are currently …
Loving God, You reassure your struggling children of a better future. You warn your comfortable children of a different future. Help me to see your beloved ones all around me. Help me to love your children. Help me to treat others like I want to be treated. Help me to hear you and follow your call to live compassion. Amen …
20 Then [Jesus] looked up at his disciples and said: “Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God. 21 “Blessed are you who are hungry now, for you will be filled. “Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh. 22 “Blessed are you when people hate you and when they exclude you, revile you, and defame you on account of the Son …
Martin Luther was a German monk who had issues with the church and its leadership, especially in Rome. In his early years in the monastery, he struggled with the threat of an eternity in hell and kept trying to repent his failings and earn God’s forgiveness. He found it an impossible task, for he kept making mistakes. Eventually, Luther was …
Ever-Reforming God, Thank you for those who help us see you more clearly. Thank you for the work of Martin Luther and the other reformers. Thank you for all who are working to reform the church today. Help us to understand you more fully. Help us see where your people have been mistaken. Help us to hear your voice of …
Jesus said to the Jews who had believed in him, “If you continue in my word, you are truly my disciples, 32 and you will know the truth, and the truth will make you free.” 33 They answered him, “We are descendants of Abraham and have never been slaves to anyone. What do you mean by saying, ‘You will be made free’?” 34 Jesus answered them, …
In this week’s gospel, Jesus tells a parable about a widow (who is vulnerable and without power) demanding justice from a judge who is unjust, even by his own account. She came to the judge every day, calling for justice against her opponent until the judge granted justice – not because he had compassion for the widow’s suffering or because …
O God, Help me turn to you when I am struggling. Help me invite you into my concerns and struggles. Help me ask your aid for myself, those around me, and the whole world. I know that you hear me when I call out to you. You love me and the whole of creation. Show me you are bringing hope …
