To the lost souls feeling orphaned, the lonely drawing water in the heat, the outcasts fearing rejection, and those trembling before evil's seeming victory. Jesus comforts, "I am your hope, and darkness has no hold on you."
As we enter holy week Matthew wants us to see something so clear. We all have abandoned Jesus.
Who would you allow at your table for dinner? Jesus is always accused of having the wrong people at his table. But if his table is big enough for Judas and Peter, then it is big enough for me.
The Magi visiting the Holy Family is absurd. A Roman Governor's wife defending Jesus? Absurd. Most absurd? Jesus taking our cries of "Crucify!" to save us all. Matthew Chapter 27
We will have the church fellowship open for everyone to come and socialize in a cool place
Sermon on the Mount this Lent
Week 5 is The Rock - Matthew 7:13-29
The paradox of becoming what we hate finds its resolution in the cross, where darkness is not fought but absorbed. Matthew Chapter 26b
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Beyond the tomb's despair, it's emptiness unveils the way cleared for our return home. Matthew Chapter 28