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On Holding the Extraordinary February 11, 2024 Traceymay Kalvaitis 2 Kings 2:1-2; 7-12 Now when the LORD was about to take Elijah up to heaven by a whirlwind, Elijah and Elisha were on their way from Gilgal. Elijah said to Elisha, “Stay here, for the LORD has sent me...
February 4, 2024 Traceymay Kalvaitis On the Cycle of Service Isaiah 40: 28-29 Have you not known? Have you not heard? The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He does not faint or grow weary; his understanding is unsearchable. He gives...
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 Imagining the Mystery of Christ 1-7-24 Traceymay Kalvaitis Isaiah 60:1-6 Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord has risen upon you. For darkness shall cover the earth and thick darkness the peoples, but the Lord will arise upon you, and...
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...