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On One Holy Light For December 25, 2022 Traceymay Kalvaitis Luke 2: 8-12 In that region there were shepherds living in the fields, keeping watch over their flock by night. Then an angel of the Lord stood before them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and...
On What’s in a Name December 18, 2022 Traceymay Kalvaitis 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...
On the Significance of Where and When December 11, 2022 Traceymay Kalvaitis The reading today is comprised of selected first lines of verses from the first few chapters of Luke and Matthew: In the days of King Herod of Judea… the people were waiting. After those days,...
On the Resound of One Voice December 4, 2022 Traceymay Kalvaitis Isaiah 11: 1-3 A shoot shall come out from the stock of Jesse, and a branch shall grow out of his roots. The spirit of the Lord shall rest on him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of...
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...
Psalm 46: 1-3 On Holding the Whole Story November 20, 2022 Reign of Christ Sunday Traceymay Kalvaitis God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear, though the earth should change, though the mountains shake in the heart of...
On Greatest Value November 13, 2022 Traceymay Kalvaitis Psalm 19: 1-4, 14 The heavens are telling the glory of God; and the firmament proclaims his handiwork. Day to day pours forth speech, and night to night declares knowledge. There is no speech, nor are there...
On Why We Divide November 6, 2022 Traceymay Kalvaitis Job 19: 23-25 O that my words were written down! O that they were inscribed in a book! O that with an iron pen and with lead they were engraved on a rock for ever! For I know that my Redeemer lives, and that at the...
On Searching and Being Found October 30, 2022 Traceymay Kalvaitis Isaiah 1: 10-13, 16-20 Hear the word of the Lord, you rulers of Sodom! Listen to the teaching of our God, you people of Gomorrah! What to me is the multitude of your sacrifices? says the Lord; I...
On Grace Alone: Sola Gratia October 23, 2022 Traceymay Kalvaitis Luke 18: 9-14 He also told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous and regarded others with contempt: “Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other...