Text: Matthew 5:43-44 (“love your enemies”) Video of the complete service Jesus says we should love our enemies. So, I suppose this means I should love the U.S. President. As you may have noticed over the last four years, I’m not a fan. Nor is it just President Trump. More than 70 million Americans voted … [Read more…]
Text: Mark 8:27-35 (“take up your cross”) Truths that we find difficult to accept are also ones that can open us to healing and love. This is a message I take from our Gospel reading this morning. Jesus tells his friends the honest truth. Even though they see him as heir to King David and … [Read more…]
Text: Luke 2:41-52 (Jesus as a youth in the Temple) The four gospels tell us little about the childhood of Jesus. Mark, which was written first, starts with Jesus’ baptism in the River Jordan and covers just the few months from that event to his crucifixion in Jerusalem at Passover. Matthew, the next one written, … [Read more…]