Lectionary: Series B (40)
  1. Life will not be easy. Conflicts will occur. But God remains in power, and He rules over all.
  2. If you have ever felt like you are standing on the outside looking in, like you do not belong in a beautiful church with its beautiful people, then listen to Jesus, because Jesus has a word for you.
  3. While today we read all of the names of those who have departed this year, we do not lump them all together. Instead, we are asked to see them as God sees them, as individuals.
  4. The presence of traditions is not the problem. It is the way in which we experience them. And on this day, Jesus reminds us of His presence, so all of us experience His grace.
  5. But Jesus did not come to be a bystander to His own creation. No, He came to be a redeemer of His people and to rule over all as the Lord of creation.
  6. We might think the course of our life is from our birth to our death. But Jesus opens our eyes to see that the direction of our existence is much larger than we can even imagine.
  7. This day is only part of a much longer journey, and Jesus invites us to stop looking at what He gives us and to live by looking to Him instead.
  8. God has filled our lives with moments, pieces of poetry, which reveal the gracious beauty and powerful mystery of the Trinity.
  9. When Jesus leaves His disciples, He leaves them in a world that is more fully alive because of His gift of the Holy Spirit.
  10. As we gather between the Ascension and Pentecost, we remember what Jesus is doing. He is praying for us.
  11. But the Church is not built on human love. That would be much too small for God. No, the Church is built on God’s love and God’s love is different.
  12. A death dealing diagnosis is hard to hear and even harder to endure, but when God is in control it leads to a new vision of life.
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