Month: March 2022

March 31, 2022

Modern – God Moves Us: God Moves Us Back Home

  Corresponding Scriptures: Luke 15:1-10 (CEB) 15 All the tax collectors and sinners were gathering around Jesus to listen to him. 2 The Pharisees and legal experts were grumbling, saying, “This man welcomes sinners and eats with them.” 3 Jesus told them this parable: 4 “Suppose someone among you had one hundred sheep and lost one of them. Wouldn’t […]

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March 28, 2022

Traditional – God Moves Us: God Moves Us Through Difficult Relationships

  Corresponding Scripture: Luke 15:1-32 (NRSV) 15 Now all the tax collectors and sinners were coming near to listen to him. 2 And the Pharisees and the scribes were grumbling and saying, “This fellow welcomes sinners and eats with them.” 3 So he told them this parable: 4 “Which one of you, having a hundred sheep and losing one […]

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March 24, 2022

Modern – God Moves Us: God Moves Us Through Unfairness

  Corresponding Scriptures: Luke 13:1-9 (CEB) 13 Some who were present on that occasion told Jesus about the Galileans whom Pilate had killed while they were offering sacrifices. 2 He replied, “Do you think the suffering of these Galileans proves that they were more sinful than all the other Galileans? 3 No, I tell you, but unless you […]

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March 21, 2022

Traditional – God Moves Us: God Moves Us Through The Unfairness Factor

  Corresponding Scripture: Luke 13:1-9 (NRSV) 1At that very time there were some present who told him about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices. 2 He asked them, “Do you think that because these Galileans suffered in this way they were worse sinners than all other Galileans? 3 No, I tell you; but […]

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March 17, 2022

Modern – God Moves Us: God Moves Us Through Obstacles

  Corresponding Scriptures: Luke 13:31-35 (CEB) 31 At that time, some Pharisees approached Jesus and said, “Go! Get away from here, because Herod wants to kill you.” 32 Jesus said to them, “Go, tell that fox, ‘Look, I’m throwing out demons and healing people today and tomorrow, and on the third day I will complete my work. […]

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March 16, 2022

Traditional – God Moves Us: God Moves Us Through Temptation

  Corresponding Scripture: Luke 13:31-35 (NRSV) 31 At that very hour some Pharisees came and said to him, “Get away from here, for Herod wants to kill you.” 32 He said to them, “Go and tell that fox for me, ‘Listen, I am casting out demons and performing cures today and tomorrow, and on the third day […]

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March 10, 2022

Modern – God Moves Us: God Moves Us Through Temptation

  Corresponding Scriptures: Luke 4:1-13 (CEB) 4 Jesus returned from the Jordan River full of the Holy Spirit, and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness. 2 There he was tempted for forty days by the devil. He ate nothing during those days and afterward Jesus was starving. 3 The devil said to him, “Since you are […]

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March 7, 2022

Traditional – God Moves Us: God Moves Us Through Temptation

  Corresponding Scripture: Luke 4:1-13 (NRSV) 4 Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit in the wilderness, 2 where for forty days he was tempted by the devil. He ate nothing at all during those days, and when they were over, he was famished. 3 The devil said to […]

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March 4, 2022

Ash Wednesday

Corresponding Scripture: Psalm 51 (selected verses) Have mercy on me, O God, according to your unfailing love; According to your great compassion blot out my transgressions. Wash away all my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin. For I know my transgressions, and my sin is always before me. Against you, you only, have I sinned […]

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March 3, 2022

Modern – The Art of Hearing: God’s Voice Moves Us

  Corresponding Scriptures: Luke 9:28-36 (CEB) 28 About eight days after Jesus said these things, he took Peter, John, and James, and went up on a mountain to pray. 29 As he was praying, the appearance of his face changed and his clothes flashed white like lightning. 30 Two men, Moses and Elijah, were talking with him. 31 They […]

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