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The First Sunday after Trinity | 06/06/2021

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Jun 3, 20212 min read

The First Sunday after Trinity | 06/06/2021

Introduction to the Word and Liturgy for Worship So we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being...

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Getting Ready for Trinity | May 30, 2021

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May 25, 20212 min read

Getting Ready for Trinity | May 30, 2021

Reflection on the Word in our Worship J.I. Packer on the Trinity: The Old Testament constantly insists that there is only one God, the...

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Getting Ready for Pentecost | May 23, 2021

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May 21, 20212 min read

Getting Ready for Pentecost | May 23, 2021

Reflection on the Word in our Worship And it shall come to pass that everyone who calls upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. -Acts...

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Getting Ready for the Sunday after the Ascension | May 16, 2021

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May 12, 20213 min read

Getting Ready for the Sunday after the Ascension | May 16, 2021

Reflection on the Word in our Worship Through your dearly beloved Son Jesus Christ our Lord, who after his most glorious resurrection...

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The Apostles' Creed by Ben Myers: Lending Library Book Review

frcrosthwait

May 11, 20212 min read

The Apostles' Creed by Ben Myers: Lending Library Book Review

The meaning of history is not power and empire, but promise and trust. The secret of history is revealed when a woman, insignificant to...

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May 7, 20212 min read

Sixth Sunday of Easter | May 9, 2021

Reflection on the Word in our Worship Jesus said, "If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be...

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Apr 29, 20212 min read

Fifth Sunday of Easter | May 2, 2021

Reflection on the Word in our Worship By this we shall know that we are of the truth and reassure our heart before him; for whenever our...

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Good Shepherd Sunday: the Fourth Sunday of Easter | April 25, 2021

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Apr 22, 20212 min read

Good Shepherd Sunday: the Fourth Sunday of Easter | April 25, 2021

Reflection on the Word in our Worship I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. -1 John 10:11 (ESV) For...

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Apr 15, 20212 min read

Third Sunday of Easter | April 18, 2021

Reflection on the Word in our Worship This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light, and in him is no...

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frcrosthwait

Apr 13, 20212 min read

Lending Library Book Review

I just finished a short book: A Christian’s Pocket Guide to Loving the Old Testament: One Book, One God, One Story. The long title belies...

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Apr 5, 20211 min read

Christ Our Passover

PASCHA NOSTRUM Christ our Passover Alleluia. Christ our Passover has been sacrificed for us; * therefore let us keep the feast, Not with...

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Mar 24, 20212 min read

Palm Sunday & Holy Week 2021

In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that God sent his only Son into the world, so that we might live through him. In this...

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Part 2 of Trench Digging: a Journey through Lent

Ashley Young

Mar 24, 20214 min read

Part 2 of Trench Digging: a Journey through Lent

At start of spring I open a trench In the ground. I put into it The winter’s accumulation of paper, Pages I do not want to read Again,...

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The Fifth Sunday in Lent | March 21, 2021

frcrosthwait

Mar 18, 20212 min read

The Fifth Sunday in Lent | March 21, 2021

Reflection on the Word in our Worship "For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the...

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Trench Digging: a Journey through Lent, Part 1

Ashley Young

Mar 16, 20214 min read

Trench Digging: a Journey through Lent, Part 1

At start of spring I open a trench In the ground. I put into it The winter’s accumulation of paper, Pages I do not want to read Again,...

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The Fourth Sunday in Lent | March 14, 2021

frcrosthwait

Mar 10, 20212 min read

The Fourth Sunday in Lent | March 14, 2021

Reflection on the Word in our Worship "But God, being rich in mercy," is the phrase that opens the fourth verse of Ephesians 4. It is the...

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The Third Sunday in Lent | March 7, 2021

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Mar 4, 20213 min read

The Third Sunday in Lent | March 7, 2021

Reflection on the Word in our Worship "Great art thou, O Lord, and greatly to be praised; great is thy power, and infinite is thy...

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The Second Sunday in Lent | February 28, 2021

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Feb 25, 20212 min read

The Second Sunday in Lent | February 28, 2021

Reflection on the Word in our Worship Cross-bearing as a follower of Jesus means nothing less than giving one’s whole life over to...

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Getting Ready for the First Sunday in Lent | February 21, 2021

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Feb 18, 20212 min read

Getting Ready for the First Sunday in Lent | February 21, 2021

Reflection on the Word in our Worship From Transfiguration to temptation, those are our Sunday steps from Epiphany into Lent. From Jesus'...

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Getting Ready for Lent on the Last Sunday of Epiphany | February 14, 2021

frcrosthwait

Feb 12, 20213 min read

Getting Ready for Lent on the Last Sunday of Epiphany | February 14, 2021

Reflection on the Word in our Worship Epiphany concludes with a vision of the clearest manifestation of the light of Christ in the event...

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