by pastoramelie | Mar 7, 2025 | Blog
We have been moving through the season of Epiphany for the last 6 weeks. Over these weeks, we have learned more about who Jesus is and what kind of Messiah he is, just as his first followers quickly learned about who Jesus was and what kind of messiah he was. We have...
by pastoramelie | Feb 11, 2025 | Blog
Last Sunday, we focused on Jesus’ actions on the Sabbath – he took exception to the Pharisee’s critique that all work must cease on the Sabbath, even the “work” of healing the sick and the lame. Jesus disagreed and felt that compassion and love must guide the choices...
by pastoramelie | Feb 6, 2025 | Blog
Friends, we are in the midst of the season of Epiphany. In this season, we focus on epiphanies – big new ideas and new beginnings. Last week, we focused on Jesus calling the fishermen – they had an Epiphany after Jesus performed a miracle and caused a tremendous...
by pastoramelie | Jan 23, 2025 | Blog
Epiphany is a season of new beginnings. As we journey through this season, we focus on moments when Jesus was “revealed” to be the Messiah. A few weeks ago, we focused on the story of Jesus visiting Jerusalem as a kid… .his parents assumed he was travelling home...
by pastoramelie | Jan 14, 2025 | Blog
Fotos Nuevas Marzo 2013 The Scripture Luke 3: 1-22 In the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar—when Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, Herod tetrarch of Galilee, his brother Philip tetrarch of Iturea and Traconitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of...
by pastoramelie | Jan 7, 2025 | Blog
In the season of Epiphany, the season that comes after Christmas, we focus on events in Jesus’ life that led up to his “publicly” being the Messiah of the people of God. This morning, we reflect on one of the few episodes we know about Jesus’ life that occurs between...
by pastoramelie | Jan 7, 2025 | Blog
Many years ago, God decided it was time to come to earth – things were chaotic, the people troubled, mighty empires oppressed the people. God wanted the people to have more clarity concerning God’s wishes for us. God wanted us to be reminded of God’s values and...
by pastoramelie | Jan 7, 2025 | Blog
The weeks of the season of Advent are a season of pregnancy for us as the Church — a symbolic pregnancy compacted from 40 weeks to 4. During these weeks of waiting, we recall the events that occurred during Mary’s pregnancy – like most of us, she spent her time...
by pastoramelie | Dec 10, 2024 | Blog
During the weeks of Advent, we prepare to welcome the Christ by remembering prophesies and predictions about the coming of the Messiah the first time around. There are Old Testament prophesizes that were uttered about the coming messiah hundreds of years before his...
by pastoramelie | Dec 3, 2024 | Blog
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