Pentecost Acts 2:1-21 Psalm 104:24-35b 1 Corinthians 12:3-13 John 20:19-23 Dear fellow ministers of the gospel of Jesus Christ, grace and peace to you from the one who gathers us in and sends us out. Amen It’s the festival of Pentecost! Each year at this time I’m reminded of a song from my children’s choir days -you will not be shocked to hear that I was an avid and enthusiastic participant in children’s choir at least in my elementary years- anyway the song went a little

Seventh Sunday in Easter Acts 1:6-14 1 Peter 4:12-14, 5:6-11 John 17:1-11 Dear fellow ministers of the gospel of Jesus Christ, grace and peace to you from the one who is glorified in us. Amen Well we have reached the end of the season of Easter, and today on the seventh Sunday of Easter we stand in the middle of the middle as Jesus ascends to the Father. Behind us lies Jesus’ death, resurrection and forty days of resurrection appearances, ahead of us lies Pentecost a

Sixth Sunday of Easter Acts 17:22-31 Psalm 66:8-20 1 Peter 3:13-22 John 14:15-21 Dear fellow ministers of the gospel of Jesus Christ, grace and peace to you from the one who is not far from each of us. Amen Fumbling about for God. This image that Paul uses in his speech to the Athenians to describe the human search for God stuck with me this week, I think for the truth of the image, for isn’t that what we do as humans? We fumble about for God, even though God is not

Fifth Sunday of Easter Acts 7:55-60 Psalm 31:1-5, 15-16 1 Peter 2:2-10 John 14:1-14 Dear fellow ministers of the gospel of Jesus Christ, grace and peace to you from the one who is the way, Amen. “Thomas said to him, ‘Lord, we do not know where you are going. How can we know the way?’” Jesus has just told his disciples that he will be leaving them. He says a lot of other things too but I imagine it was hard for the disciples to really listen very carefully after he tol