From the Pastor

Holy Week begins with Palm/Passion Sunday. This day is filled with jarring contradictions. We gather outside with palm branches waving, but by the end of

God promises Jeremiah that a “new covenant” will be made in the future: a covenant that will allow all the people to know God by

The fourth of the Old Testament promises providing a baptismal lens this Lent is the promise God makes to Moses: those who look on the

In the gospel this week, Jesus discovers that the temple has been turned from a place of worship into a marketplace. The predominance of the

The second covenant in this year’s Lenten readings is the one made with Abraham and Sarah: God’s promise to make them the ancestors of many.

On Ash Wednesday the church began its journey toward baptismal immersion in the death and resurrection of Christ. This year, the Sundays in Lent lead

Transfiguration is the last Sunday in Epiphany and the final Sunday before Ash Wednesday and the beginning of Lent. In that way, it serves as

In Isaiah the one God who sits above the earth and numbers the stars also strengthens the powerless. So in Jesus’ healing work we see

As we continue through the time after Epiphany, stories of the call to discipleship show us the implications of our baptismal calling. Jesus begins proclaiming