This week’s lectionary, John 13:31–35, pierces our complacency: “Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another.”
For Methodists, this is social holiness—grace made tangible in justice, mercy, and solidarity.
This week’s lectionary, John 13:31–35, pierces our complacency: “Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another.”
For Methodists, this is social holiness—grace made tangible in justice, mercy, and solidarity.
🌿 “The works that I do in my Father’s name testify to me… My sheep hear my voice. I know them, and they follow me.” (John 10:25, 27)
🌿 “The works that I do in my Father’s name testify to me… My sheep hear my voice. I know them, and they follow me.” (John 10:25, 27)
This week’s Gospel finds the disciples retreating to the familiarity of their fishing boats, only to be met by the risen Christ urging them to cast their nets anew (John 21:6).
This week’s Gospel finds the disciples retreating to the familiarity of their fishing boats, only to be met by the risen Christ urging them to cast their nets anew (John 21:6).
This Sunday’s Gospel (John 20:19-31) meets us in the tension between fear and faith. Locked in a room of doubt, the disciples encounter Jesus, who offers not condemnation but peace—and invites Thomas to touch the wounds of
This Sunday’s Gospel (John 20:19-31) meets us in the tension between fear and faith. Locked in a room of doubt, the disciples encounter Jesus, who offers not condemnation but peace—and invites Thomas to touch the wounds of
This Easter, as we celebrate Acts 10:34-43—where Peter proclaims God’s radical inclusivity—we’re reminded: “God shows no partiality” (v.34). In process theology, this isn’t a static truth but a dynamic call to co-create justice.
This Easter, as we celebrate Acts 10:34-43—where Peter proclaims God’s radical inclusivity—we’re reminded: “God shows no partiality” (v.34). In process theology, this isn’t a static truth but a dynamic call to co-create justice.
This week’s Gospel reading (Matthew 5:38-48) challenges us to “turn the other cheek” and “love your enemies”—a radical call to disrupt cycles of violence with creative compassion.
This week’s Gospel reading (Matthew 5:38-48) challenges us to “turn the other cheek” and “love your enemies”—a radical call to disrupt cycles of violence with creative compassion.
On this Transfiguration Sunday, we celebrate the mysterious moment when Jesus’ divinity shimmered through his humanity—a revelation not of static glory, but of God’s ceaseless, relational becoming.
On this Transfiguration Sunday, we celebrate the mysterious moment when Jesus’ divinity shimmered through his humanity—a revelation not of static glory, but of God’s ceaseless, relational becoming.
Jesus’ warnings against cultural approval (‘Woe to you when everyone speaks well of you…’) expose the church’s temptation to align with worldly power rather than embody God’s kingdom.
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Jesus’ warnings against cultural approval (‘Woe to you when everyone speaks well of you…’) expose the church’s temptation to align with worldly power rather than embody God’s kingdom.
#lectionary #lectionaryreadings #methodist #umc #umcindiana #gobinchurch #luke627
Musk and his twerps have exposed us to pandemics, broken science, stolen all your data, endangered the U.S. payments system, threatened air traffic control, and cut off HIV medication to 20m people in order to save ::checks notes:: 2/10th of a percent of the federal budget.
Musk and his twerps have exposed us to pandemics, broken science, stolen all your data, endangered the U.S. payments system, threatened air traffic control, and cut off HIV medication to 20m people in order to save ::checks notes:: 2/10th of a percent of the federal budget.
And let your sermon write itself.
Blessed are the poor. Woe to the rich.
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And let your sermon write itself.
Blessed are the poor. Woe to the rich.
Sunday Musings open.substack.com/pub/dianabut...