Preacher: Rev. Grace Burton-Edwards

Jesus said he wanted to be our example. Jesus wants us to be like him. Washing feet is meaningful but it was just one part of a larger overall goal. Jesus called it his new commandment -"Love one another just as I have loved you, you also should love one another."

Love notices an issue like dirty feet. Love has the courage and hum to stoop down and help. Love corrects and instructs when ness. Love serves even those who deny us like Peter or question us like Thomas or betray us like Judas. The main way to be like Jesus is to love with abandon and to love everyone we can.

Maundy Thursday Readings

Given the great power at work in raising Jesus from the dead, Jesus clearly could have exacted any kind of revenge he wanted. He could have continued this cycle of violence. He could have done to others what was done to him. But he did not. Jesus rose again to love, and feed, and forgive.

Preacher: Rev. Grace Burton-Edwards

Fifth Sunday in Lent Readings

Looking back over our lives it may be that the times when we felt most sightless, most disoriented, most alone, often became the times when we learned to see more clearly. We learned to see God with us in new ways. We learned to see what we are made of. We learned to see with eyes of greater compassion. We opened our eyes to new paths before us. The mud that Jesus put on t he man's eyes may be a symbol of the muck we often go through on our way to a new life.

Preacher: Rev. Grace Burton-Edwards

Fourth Sunday in Lent Readings:

In 2026 - Who are like the Israelites wandering in the wilderness? And who is like the woman at the well?

Let us be guided by the love of God which has been poured into our hearts.

Preacher: The Rev. Grace Burton-Edwards

Third Sunday in Lent Readings:

When Jesus spoke of the Kingdom of God he seems to have meant the world right now - as God wants it to be. A world rules by God's values not an emperor's. ... To grasp that, Jesus said you must be born anew. Born from above. Born again.

Preacher: The Rev. Grace Burton-Edwards

Yes, we can break things but we are not eternally broken. May our fasting and prayer in this Holy Season strengthen us to do justice, love kindness, and walk humbly with God - because we can.

Preacher: The Rev. Grace Burton-Edwards

Dust is a reminder of everything we share with all of creation. How different the world is when we see ourselves as part of it.

Preacher: The Rev. Grace Burton-Edwards

Ash Wednesday Readings:

What do The Winter Olympics and Worship have in common?

We have a ready made possibility for AWE available here every week.

We are invited in worship to experience awe and then go from here to love and serve the Lord.

Seek out AWE in this Holy Season.

You are salt and light. Jesus says we are salt and light. We can preserve life and give light to the world around us.

Preacher: The Rev. Grace Burton-Edwards

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