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Easter 3 Preview

Where do you see God in Worship?

2nd Sunday after Easter Preview

Triduum: The Three Days
At the center of the church year, the Triduum (the Three Days) forms the basis of our worship life as Christians. Many portions of our regular Sunday morning worship service are rooted in the themes, lessons, and stories that permeate Triduum, the Three Days, Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, and Easter Vigil. By that, I don’t…

Lent 4 Preview

Lent 3 Preview

Are you in denial?

Lent 1 Preview
The first Sunday in Lent begins with tension. The tension between the saving and destructive powers of water fills today’s lectionary readings. The waters of the flood overwhelmed the world in the days of Noah, yet God delivered Noah and his family from death. The Holy Spirit descends on Jesus only after his baptism by…

Transfiguration of our Lord Preview
Then Peter said to Jesus, “Rabbi, it is good for us to be here; let us make three dwellings, one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.” (Mark 9:5) The Sundays after Epiphany began with Jesus’ baptism and end with three disciples’ vision of his transfiguration. In Mark’s story of Jesus’ baptism, apparently…