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Our readings at St. Mark’s in North Tonawanda, NY, today are Exodus 3:1-15, Psalm 63:1-8, 1 Corinthians 10:1-13, and Luke 13:1-9. We explore what it means for us to be living on holy ground with our God of second chances. Lent 3C – Our God of Second Chances – by Jeffrey Tooke Read more

Our readings for the Eucharist during this Spring Aspirants’ Retreat were Exodus 19:3-8, Psalm 15, 1 Peter 4:7-11, and Matthew 16:24-27. We explore our calling based on our baptismal vows. that those of us who share the call to ordination are called to a visible vulnerability through which others can experience the sacred, and that… Read more

Our readings today at Trinity Buffalo are Genesis 15:17, 17-18; the poem “Self-Talk” by Rosemerry Wahtola Tropper, and Luke 13-31-35. We hear a preacher’s lament over the struggles and challenges today recognizing that God is most present with us as a light in the darkness during our deepest grief and our darkest lament. Lent 2C… Read more

Our readings today at St. Paul’s in Lewiston and St. Andrew’s in Burt are Deuteronomy 26:1-11, Psalm 21: 1-2, 9-16; Romans 10:8b-13, and Luke 4:1-13. We explore how we can spend time with God in the wilderness like Jesus and the Israelites, and to come to know God and ourselves more deeply through our prayerful… Read more

Our readings at St. Mark’s, North Tonawanda, NY, are Genesis 45:3-11, 15; Psalm 37: 1-12, 41-42; 1 Corinthians 15:35-38, 42-50 and Luke 6:27-38. We explore how we are to live with one another with radical compassion which can transform the divisiveness of today’s world and help us to be and build Beloved Community. Epiphany 7C… Read more

Our readings today at Trinity Buffalo are Jeremiah 17:5-10, the poem “whose side are you on?” by Lucille Clifton, and Luke 6: 17-26. We explore the vision of Jesus in which the marginalized at the center of the Kingdom that begins here and now, and what it might mean for us to have Christ among… Read more

Our readings today at St. Paul’s, Lewiston, NY and St. Andrew’s, Burt, NY, are Isaiah 6:1-13, Psalm 138, 1 Corinthians 15:1-11, and Luke 5:1-11.  We explore how we can trust in God when we are sent and called, especially when we do not know what we signed up for. Epiphany 5C – Called to the… Read more

Our readings today at St. Mark’s in North Tonawanda, NY, are Nehemiah 8:1-3, 5-6, 8-10, Psalm 19, 1 Corinthians 12:12-31a, and Luke 4:14-21. We explore Jesus as the Word of God and the Word as being proclaimed, unifying and active. Epiphany 3C – The Word of God: Proclaimed, Unifying and Active Read more

Our readings today at Trinty Buffalo are 1 Corinthians 12:4-11, the poem “Inter-relationship” by Thich Nhat Hanh, and John 2:1-11. We explore opportunities of grace and God’s presence within moments of disruption hoping to recognize how we can discern our gifts and how we can notice these moments of grace. We also discover that our… Read more

Our readings today in Lewiston and Burt, NY, are Isaiah 43: 1.-7, Psalm 29, Acts 8:14-17 and Luke 3:15-17, 21-22. We explore what it means to take the incarnation serious and to be God’s presence in our lives and our world. Baptism of the Lord – Love With Skin On – by Jeffrey Tooke Read more