RCL Reflection, 3rd Sunday of Easter, Year C, May 4, 2025. Through the stories of Saul and Peter encountering the risen Christ, this week’s lessons invite contemporary disciples and seekers to ponder their own faith stories and how they have seen and experienced Jesus in a God-soaked world. (Photo: Creative Commons)
Palm/Passion Sunday, Year C, April 13, 2025. When we serve all whom we encounter in this beautiful yet broken world, we are going to get dirty. Our hands will be soiled, our hearts will be stained, and our dreams will be sullied. The Rev. Sharron R. Blezard explores. (Photo: Paukrus, Creative Commons)
RCL reflection, Fourth Sunday in Lent, Year C, March 30, 2025. The story of the prodigal son touches on grace, abounds in hope, and drips with love. It also serves as a powerful story about stewardship. Jesus tells a tale that compares living with an abundance mindset with nurturing a sense of scarcity. (Photo: Creative Commons)
RCL Reflection, 1st Sunday in Lent, Year C, March 9, 2025. Put aside the focus on chocolate, diets and deprivation, and even the fasting from technology. Reorient your lives and hearts. Remember whose you are and who you are. Come to the table and feast on Jesus and then go and share your faith. It’s a Lenten discipline that will carry far beyond 40 days. (Photo: Robin, Creative Commons)
RCL Reflection, 4th Sunday after Epiphany, Year C, Feb. 2, 2025. Are we ready to embrace the radical and all-encompassing love of 1 Corinthians 13? Are we willing to speak prophetically to the powers that fight such radical love? The Rev. Sharron R. Blezard explores. (Photo: Marco Verch, Creative Commons)
RCL reflection for the First Sunday after Christmas, Year C. Dec. 29, 2024. For this Sunday, savor the Christmas season and celebrate how Jesus and Samuel were both nurtured in the faith from a young age. Lift up how we can grow in the faith and wisdom in 2025. Pastor Sharron Blezard explores. (Photo: Brandon Atkinson, Creative Commons)
RCL reflection for the Second Sunday of Advent, Year C, December 8, 2024
As stewards of God’s abundance we can choose to do a “new” thing, or at least a different thing during the season of Advent. What if we looked at the road ahead, the days that stand between us and Christmas, as a time to let go of something, to share something, to live more simply, to choose to do less and live more? (Photo: Creative Commons)
RCL reflection, Proper 28, Year B. Nov. 17, 2024. Yes, times are uncertain. Suffering and pain are real. The path forward appears fraught with danger and destruction. In spite of all of this, whether self-inflicted or inflicted upon us, we have Jesus. This is very good news! (Photo: Creative Commons.)
RCL reflection for All Saints Sunday, Year B. November 3, 2024.
This Sunday is a day of celebration and remembering, a time of reflection and thanksgiving. This is the day where tears and belief comingle to yield hope in the grace and glory of God. The Rev. Sharron R. Blezard explores. (Photo: Waldopepper, Creative Commons)
RCL Reflection, Proper 18, Year B, Sept. 8, 2024. Do you have the audacious, and persistent faith of the woman in this week’s Gospel ? Have your ears been opened and your tongue set free like the man in Sidon? How is your faith? The Rev. Sharron R. Blezard explores. (Photo: Brett Streuker, Creative Commons)
