Matthew 20:1-16 Daniel 3:13-30 Psalm 46 Today we have a faith sharing from Gioia K. She wrote it out and asked me to read it to you. I will begin with a short reflection on our Scripture passages this morning and then read Gioia's faith sharing to you. I love talking to you all about your faith. I love learning what you are thinking and how God is moving in your hearts and what God is doing in your lives. Last week we talked about cutting something out of our lives during

Matthew 18:21-35 Genesis 32:6-7a, 9, 11, 13-15, 20b and 33:1-11 Psalm 32:1-7 It is so nice to be back after a wonderful trip to Toronto. Many of you have been asking what the trip was about. I want to take a few minutes to tell you about it. I was on the leadership team for the CyclicalPCC Assessment. I am a trained assessor. We were assessing whether or not the participants had the skills and the calling to start new churches, or new worshipping communities. We can also s

Joel 2:1-2, 12-17 Isaiah 58 Matthew 18:1-9 We are entering the season of Lent. Lent is the 40 days (but we don’t include Sundays so it’s not exactly 40 days) before Easter when we prepare to celebrate Jesus’ resurrection from the dead. We begin Lent with Ash Wednesday. Many of you are probably wondering what Ash Wednesday is all about. On Ash Wednesday, we remember that we are dust and to dust we shall return. We remember that we are mortal, that we are finite, that we are