Grace Notes July 17, 2025 How poor we would be if the only story we had of Martha was our gospel reading for this Sunday! She would be a one-dimensional…
Grace Notes July 10, 2025 It can be difficult to appreciate the story we call “The Parable of the Good Samaritan” because it is so familiar. But we do understand…
Grace Notes July 3, 2025 Lord God Almighty, in whose Name the founders of this country won liberty for themselves and for us, and lit the torch of freedom for…
Grace Notes June 19, 2025 In Sunday’s lesson from I Kings the prophet Elijah is depressed. He has fomented rebellion and then, in dramatic fashion, insulted and killed the prophets…
Grace Notes June 12, 2025 Batter my heart, three-person’d God; for, you As yet but knocke, breathe, shine, and seeke to mend; That I may rise, and stand, o’erthrow…
Grace Notes June 5, 2025 Unlike the Father and the Son, whose relationship is somewhat intuitive, it is difficult to get a grasp of who, exactly, the Holy Spirit is…
Grace Notes The Feast of the Ascension, May 29, 2025 Grant, we pray, Almighty God, that as we believe your only-begotten Son our Lord Jesus Christ to have ascended into…
Grace Notes May 22, 2025 Beside the gospel pool Appointed for the poor; From year to year, my helpless soul Has waited for a cure. How often have I seen…
Grace Notes May 15, 2025 The Scriptures tell us true things about God and God’s relationship with humanity, but it is important to remember that they were written to address…