Ways to Give
An untitled sermon in response to the Buffalo massacre, 15 May 22 Leaf Seligman I had another sermon prepared. I sent it to Traceymay to vet. She texted back, “I read your sermon. It’s beautiful. Please don’t mess with it.” But that was May 7. Last night when I went...
On What We Do for One Another May 8, 2022 Traceymay Kalvaitis Psalm 23 The Lord is my shepherd;I shall not want. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures; he leadeth me beside the still waters. He restores my soul; he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness For His...
On the Spectrum May 1, 2022 Traceymay Kalvaitis Psalm 30:4-5 Sing praises to the Lord, O you his faithful ones, and give thanks to his holy name. For his anger is but for a moment;his favor is for a lifetime. Weeping may linger for the night, but joy comes with the...
On the Courage to Ask April 24, 2022 Traceymay Kalvaitis Psalm 33:6 By the word of the Lord the heavens were made, and all their host by the breath of his mouth. John 20:19-31 When it was evening on that day, the first day of the week, and the doors of the house where...
On Asking, “What If?” April 17, 2022 Traceymay Kalvaitis Micah 6: 6 and 8 “With what shall I come before the Lord, and bow myself before God on high? Shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves a year old? Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams,...
On One Cry for Peace April 10, 2022 Traceymay Kalvaitis Psalm 118:1-2 O give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; his steadfast love endures forever! Let Israel say, “His steadfast love endures forever.” Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord. We bless...
On Extravagant Sacrifice April 3, 2022 Traceymay Kalvaitis Isaiah 43:18-19 Do not remember the former things, or consider the things of old. I am about to do a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in...
On Pushing the Boundaries March 27, 2022 Traceymay Kalvaitis Psalm 32:1-2 Happy are those whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered. Happy are those to whom the Lord imputes no iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no deceit. Luke 15:1-3 Now all the tax...
On Where We Turn in Troubled Times March 20, 2022 Traceymay Kalvaitis Isaiah 55:1-3 Ho, everyone who thirsts, come to the waters; and you that have no money, come, buy and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without price. Why do you spend your money for...
On the Price of Dissent March 13, 2022 Traceymay Kalvaitis Psalm 27 1-4 The Lord is my light and my salvation— whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life— of whom shall I be afraid? When the wicked advance against me to devour me, it is my enemies and my...