Category: Christ's Love Gets Into the World Through Us / Speaker: The Reverend Michael D. Rasicci
September 09, 2024
Jesus wanted His disciples to "pick up their cross and follow Him." Many followers of Jesus were looking for miracles rather than believing in Jesus and in carrying on His work in the world. As baptized...
Category: Be Doers of the Word / Speaker: The Reverend Michael D. Rasicci
September 02, 2024
Jesus wants us to be doers of the word, not just hearers. What defiles a person comes from the inside out, not the reverse.
Category: Christ's Presence Inside Us Changes Us / Speaker: The Reverend Michael D. Rasicci
August 18, 2024
Jesus is the "Bread of Life that came down from Heaven." We are to eat His body and to drink his blood" so that we may gain eternal life. Christ's presence inside us changes us.
Category: Christ--The Bread of Life / Speaker: The Reverend Michael D. Rasicci
August 04, 2024
In the Gospel, John tells of Jesus speaking with the 5,000 people who had received bread and fish from Jesus and His disciples. He reminds them that He is the Bread of Life--eternal life. All of...
Category: Three Things I Pray / Speaker: The Reverend Michael D. Rasicci
July 28, 2024
We need to hunger to do more with Christ. Fr Mike encourages everyone to use this prayer: "Dear Lord, three things I pray. To see thee more clearly. To Love thee more dearly. and to...
Category: Feeling the Compassion of Christ / Speaker: The Rev Clayton Thomason
July 21, 2024
In today's Gospel (Mark 6:30-34, 53-56), Jesus Christ felt compassion for the crowds that gathered around him. He acted out of that compassion. We, too, can feel that compassion and respond to it--feeding the hungry,...
Category: Be Still--God's Got This / Speaker: Ross Neir
July 15, 2024
After the attempted assassination of former President Trump yesterday, two theologians marked the occasion by reminding Christians of the importance of bringing forward Christ's love, grace, and peace in all situations.
Category: Calvary--"Our Cute Little Church on the Corner" / Speaker: The Reverend Michael D. Rasicci
July 08, 2024
Throughout our 143 years, the number of families in our parish has varied though our commitment to Christ and His teachings and as a community of faith has not. Some people refer to us as...
Category: Jesus Wants to Give Us Abundant Life / Speaker: The Reverend Michael D. Rasicci
June 30, 2024
In today's Gospel (Mark 5), Jesus gives abundant life to two people. Looking at Jesus's miracles, it is clear that he gives us abundant life--now and for eternity.
Category: Faith over Fear / Speaker: The Reverend Michael D. Rasicci
June 23, 2024
All three lessons today deal with having faith in God and following that faith to overcome fear. We, too, need to think about these lessons and to see how we can increase our faith to...
