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“Heaven” – Acts 1:1-11 and Luke 24:44-53 (Year B, 7th Sunday of Easter, Feast of the Ascension)

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Read the Lectionary Texts Today, I want to invite you to heaven - well, to talk about heaven, and learn about heaven, and maybe even experience heaven. Our church family has gone through a number of deaths this past week, so we’ve got heaven on our mind these days. And today is the Sunday after the Christian festival of the Ascension. If you have ever gone to the Holy Land, you no doubt visited the Church of the Ascension, which is a little cylinder-shaped chapel on the top of the Mount of Olives. The church is built on [READ MORE]

“God Chose Me!” – John 15:9-17 (Year B, 6th Sunday After Easter)

Read the Lectionary Texts I was once at a meeting where a woman representing one of the great helping agencies of our community was singing the praises of a man whose compassionate work helped many people in our County – especially among the Hispanic population. She didn’t realize that the Julio G. she was raving about was the same Julio G. who belonged to our church. And as she went on and on about what a positive impact Julio had in the lives of so many people, I found myself chuckling a little bit. You see, a few [READ MORE]