by Emily Wilmesherr | Apr 25, 2018
I John 3:16-24 We know love by this, that he laid down his life for us—and we ought to lay down our lives for one another. How does God’s love abide in anyone who has the world’s goods and sees a brother or sister in need and yet refuses help? Little children, let us...
by Emily Wilmesherr | Apr 18, 2018
Utilizing the lectionary, the prescribed passages of Scripture for each Sunday, can be challenging. Sometimes we end up focusing on a scriptural text that perhaps we would not have chosen on our own. Today’s text is no doubt a problematic passage from I John, one that...
by Emily Wilmesherr | Apr 10, 2018
“If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he who is faithful and just will forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness.” If you come from a Christian tradition whose worship service includes a...
by Emily Wilmesherr | Apr 4, 2018
Holy God, though we are tempted to live safe, predictable lives, open our eyes to glory in our midst. Reveal to us your holy presence, so that we may live courageously, even foolishly; for your sake, Amen. Luke 24:13-27 Now on that same day two of them were going to a...
by Emily Wilmesherr | Mar 29, 2018
Mark 14:17-31 When it was evening, he came with the twelve. And when they had taken their places and were eating, Jesus said, ‘Truly I tell you, one of you will betray me, one who is eating with me.’ They began to be distressed and to say to him one after another,...
