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Fasting and Obedience

Man-in-prayer Hebrews 5:1-10; Mark 2:18-22 Fasting is an important spiritual discipline in many religious traditions. It rests on the paradoxical experience that self-denial and ...

The company you keep | La compañía que mantienes

Group Hebrews 4:12-16; Mark 2:13-17 Years ago, a well-known life insurance company had a slogan: “The Company You Keep.”  That slogan was effective because it ...

May God grant us pardon and peace | que Dios nos conceda el perdón y la paz

Absolution Hebrews 4:1-5, 11; Mark 2:1-12 “Who but God alone can forgive sins?”  This question that the skeptical and outraged scribes asked of Jesus is asked today by ...

Giving thanks in the time of COVID-19

Shot Hebrews 3:7-14; Mark 1:40-45 It is roughly a year since the first COVID-19 cases began to appear in this country.  As we lament all we have lost, especially the hundreds ...