In every person that has strong Christian faith, every person, it has started out small, like a mustard seed.
Sermons on Faith (Page 2)
It did not happen all at once, but I did have a new birth.
We have a different desire. We have a different hope that the voice that calls us each by name…is something that provides hope and understanding.
Jesus wants to give them concrete proof that he is real. That even his resurrection body can eat and digest food.
How can we give our hearts to something we don’t know through our own experience?
This is the night. This is the night when we gather as God’s people to hear the stories of salvation history. The stories that teach us who we are, who’s we are, what we believe, what our God is like.
This is a theme that runs through many of Paul’s letters. That is, that God’s wisdom turns human wisdom upside down.
Lent is a time for introspection and self reflection. A time to consider what it means to live a Christian life in a time of change and uncertainty.
This beautiful passage from John’s Gospel moves us from the very ‘down-to-earth’ birth narrative of Luke…to the cosmic event that John celebrates so poetically.
Through Him, all the people God loves… will share in a peace that represents wholeness of person and unity with others.