On the third Sunday in Lent, Marissa looks at one piece of a complicated story. What does Jesus mean when he offers the Samaritan woman living water? Is it different than other water?

Lent is a season of contrasts: good & evil, garden & wilderness, light and dark. On the second Sunday in Lent, Marissa explores the conversation Jesus has with Nicodemus and the role the darkness plays in this scene. What darkness is around us - and inside us? And how do we find the light in the midst of the darkness?

On the first Sunday in Lent, Marissa connects two iconic passages: one about "the fall", when Adam and Eve eat of the fruit of the tree of knowledge, and the story of Jesus being driven out into the wilderness. What do these two stories have to do with each other? And why do we begin the season of Lent this way?

Jesus says he comes not to abolish the law, but to fulfill it. And the Gospel passage for the 6th Sunday after Epiphany is an exploration of the law, an intensification of the law. How do we interact with the law as Christians, and is it simple - or is it complicated?

In a sermon on race and racial reconciliation, Meg invites us to think about the the ways in which narratives of racism have consequences. The challenge for us as Christians is to offer a counter-narrative of salt and light.

On the Sunday of our Annual Meeting, we heard the story of the Presentation of Jesus in the Temple. This is a special feast day, a story we don't hear all that often. Marissa looks for our place in the story of the Gospel and how that connects to the work we're doing here at St. Matt's.

For the Third Sunday after the Epiphany, The Rev. Deacon Don

Burr reflects on the Gospel of Matthew to remind us that Jesus calls all of us

to get out of our boats and go into the Wilton Center and surrounding

neighborhoods united--in the same mind and the same purpose--to seek the face

of God in our neighbors.

On the second Sunday after the Epiphany, John's Gospel tells us a lot of important things about Jesus, references that align with the prophecy from we hear in Isaiah. But what about what the text doesn't say? The disciples as Jesus, "Rabbi, where are you staying?" And Jesus says, "Come and see."

On the first Sunday after the Epiphany, Marissa reflects on the Gospel story about Jesus' own baptism. Why would Jesus need to be baptized? Why would climb into the muddy waters of the Jordan? And what does his baptism tell us about our own?

This Sunday we celebrate the Epiphany of the Lord as well as the last day of Christmas. What do these two seasons have to offer us? What does this ancient story ask of us? And how can we follow the star, know the light, and shine it for others?