Saturday, March 27: Joshua and Jesusby Charlie Baber, Pastor of Youth Ministry at University United Methodist Church in Chapel Hill, NC. “I’ve commanded you to be brave and strong, haven’t I? Don’t be alarmed or terrified, because the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.” – Joshua 1:9, CEB Israel entered the promised land … [Read more…]
The Price For Peace – Psalm 118.24-29 & Matthew 21.1-11Available HereTo support Cokesbury financially, you can give online here: http://cokesburyumc.church/about/ GATHERING Announcements:The number of COVID19 cases in our immediate area is such that we will continue to only offer worship online until it is reasonably safe for us to reopen.Until that time, we will continue to … [Read more…]
Wednesday, March 24: Isaiah 63:1-3 – The Grapes of Wrathby Joe Lenow, Rector of St. James’ Episcopal Parish in Lothian, Maryland. “Why are your robes red, and your garments like theirs who tread the wine press?” “I have trodden the wine press alone, and from the peoples no one was with me; I trod them in … [Read more…]
Monday, March 22: Manna – What is it?by Jonathan Page, Pastor of Herndon United Methodist Church. The Israelite people called it manna. It was like coriander seed, white, and tasted like honey wafers. Moses said, “This is what the Lord has commanded: ‘Let an omer of it be kept safe for future generations so that they … [Read more…]
Flesh and Bone – Psalm 34.19-22 & John 19.31-37Available HereTo support Cokesbury financially, you can give online here: http://cokesburyumc.church/about/ GATHERING Announcements:The number of COVID19 cases in our immediate area is such that we will continue to only offer worship online until it is reasonably safe for us to reopen.Until that time, we will continue to offer … [Read more…]
Saturday, March 20: Rock & rolling stones Cleft for Me.by Dan Kim, Pastor of Gum Spring United Methodist Church. They were all baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea. They all ate the same spiritual food and drank the same spiritual drink; for they drank from the spiritual rock that accompanied them, and that rock was … [Read more…]
Wednesday, March 17 – Jesus Is Not A New MosesTaylor Mertins, Pastor of Cokesbury United Methodist Church in Woodbridge, VA. We think the “law” can save and fix our messed up and broken lives.From infancy we’re spoon-fed a narrative of righteous self-determination, that if you do all the right things, and go to the right … [Read more…]
Monday, March 15: Daniel and the Immaculate Conceptionby Ashley Faulkner, a professor at the University of North Florida. Thou, O king, sawest, and behold a great image. This great image, whose brightness was excellent, stood before thee; and the form thereof was terrible. This image’s head was of fine gold, his breast and his arms of … [Read more…]
Psalm Sunday – Psalm 118.20-25 & Mark 11.9-11Available HereTo support Cokesbury financially, you can give online here: http://cokesburyumc.church/about/ GATHERING Announcements:The number of COVID19 cases in our immediate area is such that we will continue to only offer worship online until it is reasonably safe for us to reopen. Until that time, we will continue to offer … [Read more…]
Wednesday, March 10: Joseph – “Dreams and Drama”by Lauren Lobenhofer, Pastor of Cave Spring United Methodist Church in Roanoke, VA. Genesis 37:17b-20 (NRSV): “So Joseph went after his brothers, and found them at Dothan. They saw him from a distance, and before he came near to them, they conspired to kill him. They said to … [Read more…]