Let us pray.

Creating God,

We walk by faith and not by sight trusting in your steadfast love along the journey.  Small steps are faithful steps. Help us to keep putting one foot in front of the other and when your spirit leads, set us free to run with the wind. For it is in you, we live and move and have our being. Amen

Introduction

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Have you ever listened, really listened? 

To the sounds of the busy world; 

people walking, people talking, horns blowing,

 factories going, rushing, rushing, faster, faster.

Have you ever listened, really listened?

To leaves talking, as the wind whispers through the trees, 

to rain falling against a tin roof, or...

Good Shepherding Sunday comes faithfully each year. 

The Lord our shepherd knows, protects and sets a place for us at the table, with a cup overing flowing, leading us to places that restore our soul, following us with goodness and mercy.   

Jesus is the Good Shepherd. To know of a good shepherd there also must be awareness of a...

O God, whose Son's death begot life, give us grace to let go of our lives, 

like a seed, and fall to the ground that your life might be rooted in us.   Amen.

It’s that time of year when those with a green thumb (and those persistent in their hopes of acquiring a green thumb) start to think a little about seeds and upcoming...

The grace and peace of our Lord be with you. Amen

The olive trees in Jerusalem at the garden of Gethsemane were a sight to behold. I could have stood there for hours gazing at the trees with ancient trunks gnarled and knobby - dated to be nearly 1000 years old. From them new shoots were grafted. Olives hung the branches heavy. Abundant. Of great...

Mary and Joseph

Forty days had passed since that night in Bethlehem. The angles sang, the shepherds saw, a child was born. On hay Jesus cooed with an animal lullaby around. In the night sky a bright light shattered the darkness. That night, the stable transformed into a place fit to receive a king. A life came into being, against all odds. Born...

From our bell tower the church announces good news to the community.  The organ can be heard by those walking on the nearby...

The opening of this passage in Matthew’s Gospel jar us with words about God’s judgement. The sheep and the goats will be separated, the blessed and the cursed will be at God’s right or left hands. The picture painted is - that our life together on earth matters. Caring or neglecting the needs among us impacts our relationships...