Ways to Give
On Asking, “What If?” April 17, 2022 Traceymay Kalvaitis Micah 6: 6 and 8 “With what shall I come before the Lord, and bow myself before God on high? Shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves a year old? Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams,...
On One Cry for Peace April 10, 2022 Traceymay Kalvaitis Psalm 118:1-2 O give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; his steadfast love endures forever! Let Israel say, “His steadfast love endures forever.” Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord. We bless...
On Extravagant Sacrifice April 3, 2022 Traceymay Kalvaitis Isaiah 43:18-19 Do not remember the former things, or consider the things of old. I am about to do a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in...
On Pushing the Boundaries March 27, 2022 Traceymay Kalvaitis Psalm 32:1-2 Happy are those whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered. Happy are those to whom the Lord imputes no iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no deceit. Luke 15:1-3 Now all the tax...
On Where We Turn in Troubled Times March 20, 2022 Traceymay Kalvaitis Isaiah 55:1-3 Ho, everyone who thirsts, come to the waters; and you that have no money, come, buy and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without price. Why do you spend your money for...
On the Price of Dissent March 13, 2022 Traceymay Kalvaitis Psalm 27 1-4 The Lord is my light and my salvation— whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life— of whom shall I be afraid? When the wicked advance against me to devour me, it is my enemies and my...
On the Temptation of Power March 6, 2022 Traceymay Kalvaitis Psalm 91:1-4, 11-12 You who live in the shelter of the Most High, who abide in the shadow of the Almighty,will say to the Lord, “My refuge and my fortress; my God, in whom I trust.” For he will deliver you...
On Transfiguration February 27, 2022 Traceymay Kalvaitis Exodus 34: 29-30 Moses came down from Mount Sinai. As he came down from the mountain with the two tablets of the covenant in his hand, Moses did not know that the skin of his face shone because he had been...
Psalm 51:10-12 On a Radical Vision for Humankind: Part II February 20, 2022 Traceymay Kalvaitis Create in me a clean heart, O God, and put a new and right spirit within me. Do not cast me away from your presence, and do not take your holy spirit from me. Restore to me...
On a Radical Vision for Humankind February 13, 2022 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...