Tag: Worship

  • World Communion Sunday

    October 5, 2025 | Preparing for Worship

    Honest Lament and Courageous Faith In this week’s lectionary scriptures, Lamentations paints a vivid picture of loss and exile. Paul encourages Timothy to fan into flame his calling, relying on […]

  • Taking an Eternal Perspective

    September 28, 2025 | Preparing for Worship

    Taking an Eternal Perspective In this week’s lectionary scriptures, Jeremiah buys land amid siege, as a prophetic act of faith in God’s future promise. Psalm 91 sings of dwelling secure […]

  • Lament leads to prayer, which shapes our faithfulness, even in the small things.

    September 21, 2025 | Preparing for Worship

    Lament, Prayer, and Faithfulness In this week’s lectionary scriptures, Jeremiah grieves deeply for the people’s loss. The psalm cries out for deliverance. Paul urges prayers for peace and leaders, rooted in […]

  • Brokenness, Relief, & Radical Grace

    September 14, 2025 | Preparing for Worship

    Brokenness, Relief, and Radical Grace In this week’s lectionary scriptures, Jeremiah warns of devastation born from turning away. The psalm laments humanity’s folly. Paul testifies to transformation from sinner to […]

  • Molded by divine care

    September 7, 2025 | Preparing for Worship

    Molded by Divine Care In this week’s lectionary scriptures, Jeremiah invites us to imagine God as a potter, shaping and reshaping, forming lives anew. Psalm 139 reassures us of God’s […]

  • Leave behind your cracked, tepid, scummy cisterns and return to the Fountain of Living Water

    August 31, 2025 | Preparing for Worship

    Returning to the Source In this week’s lectionary scriptures, God calls us back from wandering, to abandon cracked cisterns and return to the fountain of living water (Jeremiah 2:4-13). Psalm […]