The Spirit helps us in our weakness; for we do not know how to pray as we ought, but that very Spirit intercedes with sighs too deep for words. Romans 8: 26. Sunday we hear another passage from the middle … Continue reading
Author Archives: Peace Lutheran Church Wayland Massachusetts
peace and quiet
…the boat, battered by the waves, was far from the land, for the wind was against them… Matthew 14: 24 Our summer readings from Matthew continue tomorrow with more stories about prayer and about the stormy blasts of life that … Continue reading
thankfulness is Christian spirituality
Taking up the five loaves and two fish, he looked up to heaven, and blessed and broke the loaves, and gave them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the crowds. Matt. 14:19 Our ordinary days are full … Continue reading
known to your children
photograph by Nicholas Nixon, MFA Boston But take care and watch yourselves closely, so as neither to forget the things that your eyes have seen nor to let them slip from your mind all the days of your life; make … Continue reading
parables of the fields
The Veteran in a New Field Winslow Homer MMA New York City The Son of Man will send his angels, and they will collect out his kingdom all causes of sin… Matthew 13:41 Jesus has another parable in the gospel … Continue reading
my faith is private
…the one who had received the one talent went off and dug a hole in the ground and hid his master’s money … Matthew 25: 18 We hear people say “my faith is private” or “I have my own … Continue reading
bread of life John 6
Claude Monet Still Life with Bottle, Carafe, Bread and Wine 1862-1863 I am the living bread that came down from heaven. Whoever eats of this bread will live forever; and the bread that I will give for the life … Continue reading
Mary and Martha
Martha was distracted by many things. Luke 10:40. Martha and the rest of us, right? We are part of a distracted generation, driving here and there, trying to do the right thing, or the right twenty-five things at the same … Continue reading

