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Sunday, October 12, 2025

Benediction: The Lens Of Love (based on Matthew 5:17-48)

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Jesus showed us how to view the world through the lens of love. Following that example can help us to fulfill our calling to be a blessing i...
Monday, October 6, 2025

Benediction: Lead With Love and Make Life Better (based on Romans 14:13)

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To help to bring out the very best in each other, may we lead with love in all of our relationships; just like Jesus did. And, like Jesus, m...
Friday, September 12, 2025

Benediction: May God's Love Rehumanize Us (based on Matthew 25:35)

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May God's Spirit help us to pay attention to its still, small voice. May its guidance help us to weed out any dehumanizing prejudice an...
Wednesday, July 30, 2025

Benediction: Everyday Goodness In God's World (based on Zephaniah 3:17)

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In our lives, may we continue to seek out the everyday sources of love, joy, grace, and peace which are available to us in God's world. ...
Saturday, June 21, 2025

Benediction: Hope For The Weak and Grace For The Weary (based on Matthew 11:28-30)

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In times when we feel weak or discouraged, God's bottomless goodness and love offer us reasons to have hope. That hope can give us both ...
Sunday, April 13, 2025

Benediction: Freed From Burdens To Be Grace To The World (based on Romans 6:16-18)

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Thanks to God's goodness and grace, we can be free from unhealthy patterns and cycles in our lives. While brokenness weighs heavily on u...
Saturday, January 4, 2025

Benediction: The Power Of God's Love In Weakness (based on 2 Corinthians 12:9)

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In Christ’s birth, lived example, and sacrifice, God showed the power of love in ways that might initially seem like weakness to us.  May we...
Sunday, December 8, 2024

Benediction: God’s Plan For Renewal Is A Source Of Hope (based on Jeremiah 29:11)

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God’s plan for the entire universe is one of renewed and abundant life. God desires for everything to thrive and to flourish. May this truth...
Wednesday, October 16, 2024

Benediction: Mirroring The Love Of God In Our Relationships (based on 2 Peter 1:5-7)

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Since God has invited us into the same type of genuine and loving relationship which the Trinity has, we can live that out wherever we go in...
Saturday, September 21, 2024

Benediction: Living As Reflections Of God, Who Is Love (based on 1 Peter 3:15)

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As those who have chosen to follow Christ, we are called to make Christ's love the lens through which we see the world. This outlook ca...
Sunday, September 8, 2024

Benediction: God Is Love Which Helps Goodness and Grace Come To Life (based on 1 John 4:16-19)

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God is love. Whenever anyone lives out God's love, they help to make divine grace and goodness come to life in the world. May the fact t...
Sunday, August 18, 2024

Benediction: Freedom From Patterns Of Seeking Revenge and Getting Pay Back (based on 1 Peter 3:9-10)

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God has called us to lead lives full of compassion, empathy, grace, and love. This calling means that we can be free from unhelpful patterns...
Sunday, August 11, 2024

Benediction: Reflecting God's Light (based on Matthew 5:14-16)

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God has called us to reflect the light of divine grace and love in our world. May we remain dedicated to preventing anything within us - or ...
Sunday, July 14, 2024

Benediction: Following God's Way (based on Psalm 25:4-5)

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God's ways are ones of truth, love, hope, and goodness.  May we have our eyes, ears, hearts, and minds open to seek out that path and to...
Sunday, June 30, 2024

Why Should We Christians Keep Gathering As The Church? - Martha Tatarnic in The Christian Century

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The inescapable truth for every creature on this planet is that we are connected.  (All of) our lives are finally and forever bound together...
Tuesday, May 7, 2024

Benediction: God's Tenacious Love And Inexhaustible Mercy (based on Lamentations 3:22-24)

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As we go from here to face the joys and challenges of the coming week, may we remember that God's love is bottomless and that God's ...
Thursday, April 4, 2024

Benediction: Let's Stay On Track With God's Kingdom Work (based on Matthew 6:10)

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God created the universe in goodness. Jesus taught us to work for the restoration of that original goodness; to strive to help God's kin...
Sunday, March 24, 2024

Pilate's Military Entry To Passover Jerusalem: The Other Palm Sunday Procession - Father George Corrigan

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Jesus’ procession proclaimed the kingdom of God; Pilate’s proclaimed the violent military power of empire and Roman imperial theology, worsh...
Friday, March 8, 2024

Benediction: Like Jesus, May Abundant Life And Grace Flow Out From Us (based on John 10:10)

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The spirit of our life-giving, life-restoring, and life-fulfilling God both surrounds us and dwells within us. May we be always aware of thi...
Monday, February 26, 2024

Biblical Understanding Of "Satan" Differs From Miltonian Understanding Of Western Christianity

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In the Old Testament, the word "satan" is used more as a descriptor than a name. Characters called "satan" alternately t...
Wednesday, February 14, 2024

Benediction: Seeking God's Everyday Guidance For A Wider Perspective (based on Proverbs 3:5-6)

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God's goodness and love are gifts of grace which we can put our trust in. Let's continually be on the lookout for the guidance which...

Benediction: God's Promises Are Trustworthy And Can Be Our Refuge (based on Psalm 62:5-8)

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Our souls can find rest in God and in the unforced rhythms of grace. God's promises of love and goodness are trustworthy. They can be b...
Monday, December 25, 2023

The Earthiness Of The Story Of Christmas Is Why It Still Resonates With Me - Jeff Wiersma

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The earthiness and grittiness of the story of Christmas is why it still continues to resonate with me, because the reality is that everyday ...
Saturday, December 2, 2023

Advent Benediction: Good News Of Great Joy To All People (based on Luke 1:46-55, Matthew 4:16)

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Like Jesus' mother Mary, may we rejoice in the fact that the gift of God's love and grace is available to everyone; even those who s...
Thursday, November 9, 2023

Compassion and Interdependence - Thomas Merton

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