Just as the vine provides nourishment for its branches, Jesus is the source of love that nurtures us and allows us to grow and lead an abundant life. When we are down and struggling, we can draw strength and energy and inspiration from the love we know in Christ. A short imagination exercise follows the message ..read more

The eternal source of radical love is within us. When we connect to it, putting our trust in the good shepherd, letting that radical love bubble up within and spill out into the world, we will know that God lives in us and we live in God ..read more

When we proclaim that Christ is risen, an eternal light for the world, we also proclaim that that light lives on within us. That we desire to let the light of God’s love shine through us and into the world ..read more

When we face uncertainty, we need not hide in fear, locking ourselves away. Embrace uncertainty and put your trust in God’s love ..read more

We too are invited to return to Galilee, which is wherever those in need are. That is where ministry happens. That is where the risen Jesus will be found. That is where new life will be found.It might be terrifying, it might confuse and bewilder us, even cause us to tremble. Will we run away, scared? Will we stay in our tombs or will we leave the tomb behind, share our experiences, and follow Jesus into new life ..read more

The people rejoiced at Jesus' entry into Jerusalem. But Jesus didn’t overthrow the Roman empire. What he did was show us God's way of love and offer us hope for a new life in and beyond the struggles ..read more

What is it that we seek in life? Even after we have the necessities of life, food and shelter, human beings continue to reach out for more. But do we really think about what we are searching for and why? And how we are going to find it, whatever it is ..read more

Where will we put our trust? To whom will we listen and follow? Do we want to hide in the darkness, fearful and despairing? Or do we want to live in the light of Jesus and walk the path of love ..read more

God's path is not the world's path of profit, of wealth and power, but the path of the prophet, one of truth, love, and compassion ..read more

During Lent this year, I invite us to think of the rainbow and be reminded to nurture and not destroy, be reminded to welcome and care for all of God’s children, all of God’s Creation, and be reminded that there is new, renewed life on the way ..read more