Scripture Reading for April 28, 2024
Genesis 21:8-21 (NIV) 8 The child grew and was weaned, and on the day Isaac was weaned Abraham held a great feast. 9 But Sarah saw that...
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Union Church of Cupertino
- Apr 24
- 3 min
Some Thoughts for April 28, 2024
Hearing the call, and seeing the need, can and will we respond? As most of you know, I am now in Seminary, studying ministry, hopefully...
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Union Church of Cupertino
- Apr 18
- 4 min
A Reflection for the Fourth Sunday of Easter
I have, as you likely have, heard more sermons on the tenth chapter of John than almost any other…, as we read portions of it each year...
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Union Church of Cupertino
- Apr 18
- 2 min
Scripture Reading for April 21, 2024
John 10:11-18 11 “I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. 12 The hired hand, who is not the shepherd...
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Union Church of Cupertino
- Apr 11
- 3 min
A Reflection for the Third Sunday of Easter
44 Then he said to them, “These are my words which I spoke to you, while I was still with you, that everything written about me in the...
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Union Church of Cupertino
- Apr 10
- 2 min
Scripture Reading for the Third Sunday of Easter | April 14, 2024
Luke 24:36-48 (RSV) 36 As they were saying this, Jesus himself stood among them. 37 But they were startled and frightened, and supposed...
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Union Church of Cupertino
- Apr 3
- 3 min
Reflection for the Second Sunday of Easter
IMAGINATION WAS NOT Thomas's long suit. He called a spade a spade. He was a realist. He didn't believe in fairy tales, and if anything...
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Union Church of Cupertino
- Apr 3
- 3 min
Scripture Reading for the Second Sunday of Easter | April 7, 2024
1 John 1:1-2:2 1 We declare to you what was from the beginning, what we have heard, what we have seen with our eyes, what we have looked...
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Union Church of Cupertino
- Mar 27
- 2 min
Scripture Reading for Easter Sunday | March 31, 2024
Mark 16:1-8 16 And when the sabbath was past, Mary Mag′dalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salo′me, bought spices, so that they...
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Union Church of Cupertino
- Mar 27
- 3 min
A Reflection for Easter Sunday
“Christmas has a large and colorful cast of characters including not only the three principals themselves, but the angel Gabriel, the...
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Union Church of Cupertino
- Mar 21
- 2 min
A Reflection for Palm Sunday
Then he entered Jerusalem and went into the temple; and when he had looked around at everything, as it was already late, he went out to...
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Union Church of Cupertino
- Mar 21
- 2 min
Palm Sunday Scripture Reading | March 24, 2024
Philippians 2:5-11 5 Let the same mind be in you that was in Christ Jesus, 6 who, though he was in the form of God, did not regard...
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Union Church of Cupertino
- Mar 14
- 2 min
March 17, 2024 Scripture Reading
John 12:20-33 20 Now among those who went up to worship at the festival were some Greeks. 21 They came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida...
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Union Church of Cupertino
- Mar 14
- 2 min
A Reflection for the Fifth Sunday in Lent
“When I get honest, I admit I am a bundle of paradoxes. I believe and I doubt, I hope and get discouraged, I love and I hate, I feel bad...
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Union Church of Cupertino
- Mar 7
- 3 min
A Reflection for the Fourth Sunday in Lent
Crux Est Mundi Medicina When I worked at Holy Cross Monastery (West Park, NY) in the late 80's and early 90's, my desk (in what is now...
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Union Church of Cupertino
- Mar 7
- 2 min
March 10, 2024 | Ephesians 2:1-10 and John 3:13-21
Ephesians 2:1-10 As for you, you were dead in your transgressions and sins, 2 in which you used to live when you followed the ways of...
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Union Church of Cupertino
- Mar 6
- 3 min
Romans 4:13-25 and Mark 8:27-38
13 For the promise that he would inherit the world did not come to Abraham or to his descendants through the law but through the...
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Union Church of Cupertino
- Mar 6
- 4 min
A Reflection for the Third Sunday in Lent
Lent is the great spring-cleaning of the Christian life. It is the traditional season of prayer and fasting in preparation for the great...
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