Our work as individuals and the Church doesn’t change based on the outcome of elections. God’s Kingdom still needs to increase in the world. The oppressed still need to hear good news; the brokenhearted bound up, captives liberated, and prisoners...
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A Palm Sunday Communion Liturgy
As we ponder all that has happened, not yet in the upper room, let us offer our thanksgiving for the God who calls us, loves us, and sustains us.
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From Generation to Generation | Communion Liturgy
I wrote this communion liturgy for our Advent series, From Generation to Generation. It will be part of our first week of Advent worship service where we will be reflecting on Matthew's genealogy of Jesus. Throughout Advent and Christmas, we...
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God of the Living | Communion Liturgy
God is bound by neither the time and space of this world nor the limits of our physical death. God is God of the living — whether in this life or the next.
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Welcome Sinners! | Communion Liturgy
This is a communion liturgy for Luke 15:1-10. It also references the Great Banquet in Luke 14. My congregation is also celebrating Rally Day this Sunday. We don't have Sunday school, but we are still celebrating returning "home" after the...
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As We Wait: Wonder
The glories of righteousness and the wonders of God’s love are still being revealed.
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The Lord Is My Shepherd: Enemies at the Table
1 The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want; 2 he makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters; 3 he restores my soul. He leads me in paths of righteousness for his name’s sake. 4 Even...
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Rest for Our Souls | Communion Liturgy
If we listen closely to Jesus, we find that it’s gentleness and humility, and not brute strength, that allow us to lay our heavy burdens down.
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When Never Again Becomes Again and Again
So far, this doesn’t seem much of a child’s story. I’m sure Noah was overjoyed to step foot on dry land, but that step led to an ocean’s worth of “what now?”
