There’s a fantastic poem by the Sufi Muslim sage Rumi that is just perfect for Holy Week: I called through your door,“The mystics are gathering in the street. Come out!”“Leave me alone. I’m sick.”“I don’t care if you’re dead! Jesus is here, and he wants to resurrect somebody!”--Rumi Once again...
This sermon explores the extravagant, unsettling act of Mary anointing Jesus’ feet with a goodly portion of expensive perfumed oil—a gesture of love that defied the logic of her world. In contrast to the practical and measured response of the world, Mary embodies the dangerous oddness of the Gospel. We...
After telling a parable to the crowd at Jericho, Jesus went on ahead, going up to Jerusalem. When he had come near Bethphage and Bethany, at the place called the Mount of Olives, he sent two of the disciples, saying, "Go into the village ahead of you, and as you...
Palm Cross Making All are invited to gather in the youth room on Thursday, April 10 between 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM to make palm crosses. We will have instructions so that everyone, including those of us who have done this before, can learn/remember how to make them. Please bring...
Six days before the Passover Jesus came to Bethany, the home of Lazarus, whom he had raised from the dead. There they gave a dinner for him. Martha served, and Lazarus was one of those at the table with him. Mary took a pound of costly perfume made of pure...
This week we explore the unexpected situations that shift our perspective: a marriage-jeopardizing trip up a Colorado mountain road, and a parable from scripture that we both love and hate. What does it truly mean to see the world, our situation, and ourselves differently? What will it cost us and...
FAURE Requiem Friends of Music at Grace Church is proud to present Gabriel Faure Requiem on Sunday, March 30 at 4 PM. Grace Episcopal Church Parish ChoirUniversity of North Georgia ChoraleCumberland Chamber Orchestra Lynn Swanson, MME, Music Director & ConductorLauren Ringwald, DMA, Conductor, University ChoraleBenjamin Schoening, DMA, BaritoneJennifer Mandzyuk, SopranoGeorge...
All the tax collectors and sinners were coming near to listen to Jesus. And the Pharisees and the scribes were grumbling and saying, "This fellow welcomes sinners and eats with them." So Jesus told them this parable: "There was a man who had two sons. The younger of them said...
This sermon explores the story of Moses, a man caught between identities, carrying the weight of his past in his body. It reveals how God meets him—not in perfection, but in exile—and calls him by name, inviting him to stand still and recognize his belovedness. Through Moses’ journey, we are...