Come & See
Sunday Gospel Reflections
When Andrew met Jesus, he knew that Jesus was the Messiah. That's why Andrew invited his brother Simon (later called Peter) to come and see for himself.
Come and see who we are.
Come and see God's goodness.
Come and see how we love.

Gifts for Our World
This Pentecost we’re invited to step again into the stream of Spirit. We’re invited to slow down. We’re invited to pay attention to the small things, to listen deeply, to love, and to be more human, comfortable and even to embrace our weaknesses and our liabilities.
These are some gifts y’all. And they are not only gifts just for us. These are gifts for the world, our world.

Jesus’ Invitation: Come
Jesus’ final message isn’t one of judgement or condemnation. It’s an invitation to all of humanity to join in the inner life of God. Come.

We’re All In This Together
Whatever it is that brings you and the world healing — whether it be swimming in fresh water, enjoying nature, loving this long, slow spring, loving one another, enjoying your family, friends, and pets, serving one another, therapy, reading, weeding, wisdom, do it. We’re all in this together.

Let’s Practice Resurrection
Resurrection reminds us, shows us, pulls us, tugs us in another way because where we are right now isn’t enough. The Good Shepherd’s love fills us up, and it is this very love that propels us, calls us, reminds us that what we have right now isn’t enough, not near enough. And we all know it.

Signs of Resurrection
If you blink, if you’re not looking you'll miss them - signs of resurrection! They point us to the new heaven and new earth that’s happening right now. They point us to the hope that lives in our bodies now, the signs of the active Body of Christ, the Church, YOU!

How Will You Respond?
Will we be like the crowd, swayed by voices of rejection and fear? Or will we, like the centurion, look upon the crucified Jesus and declare, “Surely this man was innocent”?

Mary Knew the Next Right Thing to Do
We need both the resuscitation of Lazarus and the resurrection of Jesus to help us see the whole picture, to help us glimpse another way of seeing, to help us see that Mary’s gift was exactly the right thing at the right time, the way to embody her thanksgiving and love of Jesus. She could see. And thus, she knew the next right thing to do, whether it be anointing Jesus’ feet or going to the tomb. And that is enough, both for Mary and for us.
Image: Soichi Wantanabe, Mary Washes Jesus’ Feet

This isn’t a Story About Fairness
This isn’t a story about fairness, about justice measured out carefully with a teaspoon, this is a story about grace.
Image: The Prodigal Son by Kirby Kendrick

It’s the Manure That Makes Things Grow
It’s the manure that makes things grow. It’s not our clean, beautiful perfection, our strengths, our places where we’re competent. It’s the times where things were hard, impossible even. It’s those places where we couldn’t find a way out, where all we could do was slog and struggle and be stuck. It’s the heartbreak that made me grow. If there is a shortcut to heaven, it happens in adversity, when we take the heartbreak of our lives and open it all up to the light of God.

Are We Willing to Seek Refuge in Christ?
The image of a mother hen gathering her chicks beautifully illustrates God’s nurturing care and the deep grief when His children refuse to come under His protection. The question remains: Are we willing to seek refuge in Christ?
Image: Finding Refuge by Beth Nendryes Williams