Author Archive for: fumcgalax
Entries by Diane Palumbo
Sunday Reflection (September 12, 2021)
God speaks the law of the Lord and when we hear the law of the Lord we may hear “God laying down the law.” Perhaps a better way to understand “law” would be instruction in that God speaks words of instruction to us (Psalm 19). The Holy Wisdom of God comes to us in Jesus […]
Prayer for the Week (September 12-September 18, 2021)
Let us pray to God who created us in God’s image: God, in whom we behold not only the image of you but the likeness of ourselves. Help us to seek you and deliver us from flippancy of the tongue and fickleness of heart. May our worship prepare us for the task you have for […]
Prayer for the Week (September 5-September 11, 2021)
Let us pray that God’s Spirit opens us to all that is good: God our Father, you wait for us to be open to you, to people, and to all that is true, beautiful and good. May your Spirit open our ears to the liberating Word of your Son. Open our hearts and hands to everyone who […]
Sunday Reflection (September 5, 2021)
We all make judgments about others based upon their appearance: The way they dress, the way they speak, where they live, the job they have or do not have, what country they are from, and what their bumper stickers say, or even who they voted for; yet, if we give or deny preferential treatment to […]
Prayer for the Week (August 1-August 7, 2021)
God, you have given us your Son Jesus Christ as the bread and drink of life. Give him to us today as our daily bread, so that with him we pass from death to life. May his life flow within us and among us, so that we may become Christ’s body in the world. We […]
Sunday Reflection (August 1, 2021)
The living bread that has come down to us from heaven is Jesus Christ, and in the Lord’s Supper, through the Holy Spirit, we take Christ within us and among us (John 6:51-58). The body and blood of Jesus Christ becomes a part of us in the celebration of the Lord’s Supper, and we become […]
