Ways to Give
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...
On the Cost of Justice and the Reward of Peace November 5, 2023 Traceymay Kalvaitis Micah 3: 9-12 Hear this, you rulers of the house of Jacob and chiefs of the house of Israel, who abhor justice and pervert all equity, who build Zion with blood and Jerusalem with...
On How We Are Held October 29, 2023 Traceymay Kalvaitis Psalm 1 Happy are those who do not follow the advice of the wicked, or take the path that sinners tread, or sit in the seat of scoffers; but their delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law they meditate...
On What Belongs Where October 22, 2023 Traceymay Kalvaitis Exodus 33: 18-23 Moses said [to the Lord], “Show me your glory, I pray.” And [the Lord] said, “I will make all my goodness pass before you... but you cannot see my face; for no one shall see me and live.” And...