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On Authority January 28, 2024 Traceymay Kalvaitis Psalm 111 Praise the Lord! I will give thanks to the Lord with my whole heart, in the company of the upright, in the congregation. Great are the works of the Lord, studied by all who delight in them. Full of honor and...
On the Workings of the Spirit for Justice January 14, 2024 Traceymay Kalvaitis Psalm 29 Ascribe to the Lord, O heavenly beings, ascribe to the Lord glory and strength. Ascribe to the Lord the glory of his name; worship the Lord in holy splendor. The voice of the Lord...
On How We Come to Know December 31. 2023 Traceymay Kalvaitis Isaiah 61:11 For as the earth brings forth its shoots and as a garden causes what is sown in it to spring up, so the Lord God will cause righteousness and praise to spring up before all the nations. Luke 2:...
On Falling in Love With God December 24, 2023 Isaiah 50: 4-5 The Lord God has given me the tongue of a teacher, that I may know how to sustain the weary with a word. Morning by morning he wakens— wakens my ear to listen as those who are taught. The Lord God has opened...
On Mother Mary December 17, 2023 Traceymay Kalvaitis Luke 1: 26-38 In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a town in Galilee called Nazareth, to a virgin engaged to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David. The virgin’s name was Mary. And he...
On Preparing the Way December 10, 2023 Traceymay Kalvaitis Isaiah 40: 1, 3-5 Comfort, O comfort my people, says your God. A voice cries out: “In the wilderness prepare the way of the Lord, make straight in the desert a highway for our God. Every valley shall be lifted...
On Contextual Relevance First Sunday of Advent: Condensed version of Luke, Chapters 1-3 Traceymay Kalvaitis The birth of every baby is part of a larger story, the story of our parents, their parents, and events in the world that shape the culture of the time. I was...
On Mitigating the Suffering of God November 26, 2023 Traceymay Kalvaitis Matthew 25: 31-46 “When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then he will sit on the throne of his glory. All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will...
November 19, 2023 Traceymay Kalvaitis Matthew 25: 14-30 Jesus said to them, “For it is as if a man, going on a journey, summoned his slaves and entrusted his property to them; to one he gave five talents, to another two, to another one, to each according to his...
On the Light of Hope November 12, 2023 Traceymay Kalvaitis Matthew 25: 1-13 “Then the kingdom of heaven will be like this. Ten bridesmaids took their lamps and went to meet the bridegroom. Five of them were foolish, and five were wise. When the foolish took their...