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Today, as we look forward to the glory and anticipation of Advent, we celebrate Reign of Christ Sunday, the end of our church year. Today, we celebrate that we are Disciples of Jesus Christ!

Today, our Gospel Lesson comes from the Book of Mark. We find Jesus answering the questions of the Disciples in unexpected ways, and reminding all of us that as servants of a Risen Lord, we sometimes need to take the long view.

God does notice the things that we do when no one is looking, and He is pleased when our hearts are humbled in service to Him. Today, through the offering of a poor widow, we are reminded that we give of ourselves, not for how others will view us, but out of a great love … [Read more…]

Today, we commemorate All Saints Day, the day on our Church calendar where we remember those who came before us in the faith. We explore the Book of Ruth and ask what it means to truly be loyal to the Family of God.

Today we finish our month-long study of the Book of Job. We conclude with a happy ending, even if it is not the happy ending we all expected.

Today we look at a challenging scripture lesson, where at first glance God seems so angry. But when we really dive in, we find ourselves asking if God is really angry, or if God is just being God?

This morning, we continue to examine the Book of Job. We find Job angry and feeling abandoned by God. Today we ask the difficult question, is that OK?

Today as a church, we begin a monthlong study of the Book of Job, and we try to understand a little better one of the hardest and most unanswerable questions on this earth; why do bad things happen to good people?

In our service today, we finish our study of the Book of James. We look at ways that we as Christians have caused pain for others in the past and ways that we can be welcoming to all in the future.