Luke 24:13-35

We recognize and come to know Jesus at the communion table, where Christ invites us to join him as friends. When we encounter him, we are compelled to go forth and tell others that we have seen the Lord.

Acts 2:42-47

In the community of the early Church, we can see the fruit of the Holy Spirit, the salvation of Jesus as they live in communion with God and one another, and as everyone has what they need.

John 20:1-18

Mary and Jesus in the Garden indicate the reversal of the curse that Adam and Eve received in the Garden so long before. The death and resurrection of Jesus is the source of our salvation from sin and death.

Palm Sunday

Psalm 118:1-2, 19-28

Matthew 21:1-11

Given that sin has fragmented our relationships with God, one another, ourselves, and creation, the hopes of the crowd in Jerusalem when Jesus enters on a donkey are set too low. Jesus has come to heal all of our brokenness, not merely lead a political coup.

Genesis 3:8-11

Psalm 51

Romans 5:6-11

Sin separates us from God through both guilt and shame.

Genesis 3:11-16

Acts 15:36-41

Sin breaks down our relationships with one another, though we were made to be companions and co-laborers.

Genesis 3:6-7

Romans 7:12-25

One of the products of sin is that our will is broken. We don't do the things that we know are good. We do the very things that we know we should avoid.

God created the world by his speech. When Adam and Eve listened to the serpent rather than to God, it upended their right relationships with creation, one another, and with God.