[Sunday] Baptism Of Our Lord
God is pleased, not because the Jordan River is great (it's not); not because Jesus is from an important town (He is from the sticks); not because Jesus has done anything great yet. God is pleased because the creation is being made new, not with greatness or power, but in grace.
New Song This Week.
His Mercy is More
Above “Song for this week” has Grace’s Recording
Original Lower
What Had happened at Grace this week.
A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another:
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
Beyond the tomb's despair, its emptiness unveils the way cleared for our return home. Matthew Chapter 28