O God, who is the source of all consciousness, We come together because we need you, We need each other, And we need to hear your word. And if we hear it here, May we be so possessed by it That we become servants of it out in your world. In Christ who was and is and is to come. Amen What if—we disagree with Jesus? It happens more often than we may admit, especially if we take account of our intentions. In today’s gospel, Jesus schools the elders yet again, with what seems like a parable but...

O God, who knows and names every created thing, We come together because we need you, We need each other, And we need to hear your word. And if we hear it here, May we be so possessed by it That we become servants of it out in your world. In Christ who was and is and is to come. Amen Whatever else our faith is, it is a challenge. Wherever the Way of Christ leads, there is challenge. In his letter to the Romans, the Apostle Paul frames this reality as concisely as is possible: Do not be...

God who is all reality and all identity, We come together because we need you, We need each other, And we need to hear your word. And if we hear it hear, may we be so possessed by it That we become servants of it out in your world. In Christ who was and is and is to come. Amen Our scripture readings today show us three miracles. One is that great scene in which Jesus serves lunch to a hillside congregation, somehow stretching a few loaves and fishes to satisfy the hunger of thousands. Well,...