In our Gospel today, the 14th chapter of Matthew, we are reminded of the story of Jesus reaching out to save Peter as he was sinking, asking “Why did you doubt?” As Jesus reached out to his disciple Peter, he sends us out to pick people out of the water. He is always challenging us…
A Place of Grace
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Matthew’s gospel, 14:13-21, shows us once more Jesus demonstrating his compassion by performing one of his greatest miracles….the multiplication of the five loaves and two fishes to feed the thousands of followers who were with him in ‘a deserted place.’ Pastor Eric gave us examples of compassion in our present life stressing that every time…
The story of the mustard seed from the Gospel of Matthew is just one of the parables Jesus used in his teachings. It illustrates how the smallest seed planted can grow into something much bigger…like a great tree from a seedling, or loaves of bread from yeast. Jesus described the Kingdom of God as “like finding treasures”, “like casting…
Jesus told parables and allegorical interpretations of these parables became popular for a long time, but not for hundreds of years.
Matthew’s gospel today talks about the conflict of good and evil but uses the parable of wheat and weeds and how to take care of either.
(Ret.) Pastor David Nelson explained how those of us that believe in God have a hard time explaining the present day mess of our world.
God asks us to tolerate a mixed field of wheat and weeds.
The best and only solution to evil is God in reconciliation of the world through unshielded Love for each other.
In this Sunday’s Gospel, 13th chapter of Matthew, Jesus uses the parable of several types of soil: the well traveled path, rocky ground, thorny ground, good soil…and describes how seeds grow in each. Jesus invites us to look at our life, our heart, our soul, our actions, to see how we sow our seeds, and…
Remember, we worship with the celebration of Holy Communion at 10:00am on Sunday mornings during the summer months of July and August. Sunday School for children and adults resumes with the return to our regular schedule in September–the Sunday after Labor Day weekend. Hope to see you at St. Mark!
Our artist in residence and retired St Mark pastor, David Nelson, began his sermon by telling us that every creative thing we make is a process. The end object is a celebration of the process. The Creation Story, that is represented by the banner now in our worship space, challenges us with four things among…
View below 2 slideshows of Creation Artistry by retired pastor David Nelson which has graced our altar wall for the last several weeks. Listen to David’s audio description and inspiration of this Art. Note the duel use of the word “Creation”. The art is about “God’s Creation of the World”, but the art itself is the…
Please join us as we celebrate the gift of the Holy Spirit on the day of Pentecost–Sunday, June 8th. Everyone is encouraged to wear RED to worship. Red is the color of the day and symbolic of the Holy Spirit. Worship with Holy Communion is at 8:30 and 11:00. At both services, our 3 confirmands…
Our Gospel for this third Sunday of Easter, the 24th chapter of Luke, tells of two men walking along their path to a village near Jerusalem. They met a man who asked about the recent crucifixion and resurrection. As they walked along, telling this man the good news, they did not know it was Jesus…