We will not gather this week for our Scripture Reflection series due to our other Adult Education Series gathering, but this Scripture for the week is the Gospel reading of the Twenty-six Sunday after Pentecost, which may be found and read by following this link: HERE . Jesus meets the repentant tax collector, Zacchaeus, who has been searching for Jesus among the large crowd. Zacchaeus has spent much of his "comfortable" life living by the riches that come with the brutal job

As we gather on this Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost, Jesus continues to teach about striving to live a life rooted in humility and gratitude. The story we hear this week is the popular parable story of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector. The story is a parable because the plot twists from the expected righteousness of the Pharisee and the brutality of the Tax Collector to very unexpected sources of pride and humility. Jesus is teaching his followers to not be so quick to ju

As we gather on this Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost, we hear Jesus tell his followers of a parable story of a widow, persistent in obtaining her purpose for justice. Similarly, Jesus tells that we must be persistent in our desire to pray to God in order to deepen our relationship with God and strive to obtain the love and justice God intends for us. Prayer can be an often misunderstood and challenging part of our spiritual lives and our connection to God, with so many expe

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