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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...
On What it Means to Be Chosen October 15, 2023 Traceymay Kalvaitis Exodus 32:1-14 When the people saw that Moses delayed to come down from the mountain, the people gathered around Aaron, and said to him, "Come, make gods for us, who shall go before us; as for this...
On Being One Among Many October 8, 2023 Traceymay Kalvaitis Exodus 20: 1-3 Then God spoke all these words: I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery; you shall have no other gods before me. Matthew 21: 33-46 “Listen...
On Questioning the Nature of God October 1, 2023 Traceymay Kalvaitis Exodus 17:1-7 From the wilderness of Sin the whole congregation of the Israelites journeyed by stages, as the LORD commanded. They camped at Rephidim, but there was no water for the people to drink....