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Our readings at St. Mark’s in North Tonawanda were Acts 16:9-15, Psalm 67, Revelation 21: 10, 22-22:5; and John 14: 23-29. We explore Jesus’ discourse on his departure and the coming of the Spirit, and how to recognize the promise and gift of God abiding with us. https://sacredquest.substack.com/p/easter-6c-abiding-with-the-promise Read more

Our readings at St. Andrew’s, Burt, NY, today are Acts 9:36-43, Psalm 23, Revelation 7:9-17 and John 10:22-30. We explore discerning and responding to the voice of Jesus, and how we are held by God no matter the challenges or struggles we encounter. Easter 4C – Discerning the Shepherd’s Voice Read more

Our readings today at St. Mark’s in North Tonawanda, NY, are Acts 5:27-32. Psalm 150, Revelation 1:4-8, and John 20: 19-31. We explore how the story of Jesus came to be heard by us despite hardships and challenges over the centuries, and how we might respond to its impact on us by sharing the story… Read more

Our readings today are Luke 19:28-40, Isaiah 50:4-9a, Psalm 31:9-16, Philippians 2:5-11, and Luke 22:14-23-23:56. We explore the example of Jesus’ humanity by which he knows us better than we know ourselves, and by that, we can explore the experience of Holy Week between the bookmarks of his entrance into Jerusalem through his death on… Read more

Our readings at Trinity Buffalo are Isaiah 43:16-21, an excerpt from Martin Luther King, Jr’s last speech from April 3, 1968, titled “I’ve been to the Mountaintop”, and John 12:1-8. We explore varying paths of following Jesus and how we open ourselves along those paths to look for unexpected moments from our God as we… Read more

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