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/The Palm Sunday story in Luke does not mention branches at all. Instead, the people spread cloaks on the road in front of Jesus as he rides into Jerusalem on a young colt.
Read MoreThe Palm Sunday story in Luke does not mention branches at all. Instead, the people spread cloaks on the road in front of Jesus as he rides into Jerusalem on a young colt.
Read MoreWe’ve understood covenant in a certain way all our lives, and this troublemaker from Nazareth’s blood has nothing to do with it, thank you very much!
Read MoreToday is Ash Wednesday - the first day of Lent 2022. The first day of your big opportunity to re-prioritize the spiritual fruits of your own life.
Read MoreHave you ever been so bowled over by something that you didn’t know what to say? Didn’t know what to think?
Read MoreAs pitiable as it may be, we are all just regular people who really long for the kind of predictability and comfort that we think will bring us an abundant life.
Read MoreWould you say yes to claiming a boundless, infinite and enormous identity - bigger than any of us could even dream of being able to live into let alone uphold? Would you RSVP for that?
Read MoreWhenever Paul prays for one of the early churches in his letters, I like to think about how he is praying for us also.
Read MoreMany of us experience a sense of return each week when we come together for worship on Sunday mornings - coming back to be with the people we know and love and who love and support us, hearing the familiear prayers, the music, the exploration of Scripture, and of course, the communion table.
Read MoreWe certainly know the feeling of exile these days after a year and a half of pandemic life
Read MoreSince our church is called St. James, I still feel affinity to the writer of the letter of James, even though he’s likely a different St. James than our own. And his advice to us this Sunday is to pray.
Read MoreOutside of hospital recusitatations or zombie movies, most of us have never seen a dead person come back to life, so the Christian doctrine of resurrection is admittedly rather odd.
Read MoreWe read a lot of Jeremiah during Lent, and frankly it’s no picnic.
Read MoreSo this year, thinking of Lent primarily as a season of fasting and self-denial seems almost repetitive, considering the circumstances we’re living in.
Read MoreIt was painful for me, as a Christian, to see the name of Jesus used as justification for these abusive actions by religious nationalists in Washington DC last week.
Read MoreThe 12 days of Christmas. It’s a very familiar song, but the meaning of the phrase is all but lost in our culture.
Read MoreI hope you will take a moment to share the names of those through whom God’s love has shined brightly for you.
Read MoreIt is a powerful thing to pray for others specifically by name.
Read MoreHere in October of 2020, we are collectively grieving.
Read MoreA gospel reading about a crowd of 5000 people eating together seems strange in the midst of a pandemic.
Read MoreIs a church a School of Faith? A Hospital for Sinners? A Watering Hole for Weary Disciples? A Discipleship Gym?
Read MoreWeekly at 9:30 at St. James.
We hope you can join us for Sunday worship
The service is also streamed on our Facebook page and our website
Pocket of Peace ( a service of peaceful prayer) at 12 noon online
Tues-Fri: 10-2
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