Signs in the sacraments, symbols of faith, and other things we observe prepare us for worship and elevate our hearts, minds, and spirits toward God.

Only the traditional Anglican service contains the “comfortable words,” four passages of scripture that follow the rite of confession and absolution. Why are they “comfortable”? Because they ease our conscience and assure us of pardon if we have fully trusted in Jesus and in him alone.

During the season of Lent the prayers of the church and the Scriptures the Anglican church presents to us remind us of our need for God and his desire for us to be sanctified through Christ.

Lent is a season for realistic reflection on our lives, and how we compare to God’s standards in what we do and fail to do. It is an opportunity to turn away from those things in our lives that are not pleasing to God, and things that are harmful to us.

The gospel accounts of how Satan tested Jesus teach us valuable lessons about the times we are tested or tempted, about putting God first, and about finding our defenses in our survival manual, the Bible

God saves us for a purpose: to be relationship with him. We communicate with God through regularly reading of the Bible and prayer. As we approach the season of Lent, it’s a good time to begin or increase time spent in praying morning and evening prayers and/or in reading and reflecting on God’s word.

God has graciously and freely given us the gift of his grace. How do we respond? Are we angry at the things we don’t like, or grateful for the gifts of God? Learn from the parable of the workers told by Jesus, Matt 20:1-16

Chapter 13 of Matthews gospel contains several parables teaching us about the end of the age to come and how important it is to be with Christ when the final separation takes place. This parable is one of them, teaching us that the wheat and the weeds grow up together in the world, and in the church, and in the end Jesus will identify which is which. We want to be wheat

Living to please God as our grateful response to God’s love and mercy toward us requires knowing and submitting to God’s perfect will for us.

Belief in Jesus is the whole thing; John wrote his Gospel that we might believe with certainty.