Greetings,

This Sunday will be the third Sunday in Lent and the third in our series that reflects on the question asked by Jesus of his disciples: “Who do you say that I am?”  On the first Sunday, Chris encouraged us to take that question personally.  Because we believe that Christ lives in us, our understanding of Christ’s nature will have a strong influence on our behaviors.  If, as we concluded last Sunday, we see Christ as a worker of miracles then the Christ who dwells within us is available to continue working miracles through us.  This Sunday we’ll talk about how it is that Jesus was a healer and how Christ continues to heal others through us.  The texts will be Mark 5:24-34 and Matthew 9:20-22, the story of Jesus healing a woman who approached him on the road after she had spent years of suffering.  Her faith made her well, as our faith is the source of wellness now.

I’ll look forward to celebrating our faith together this Sunday.  If you can’t be with us in church then let’s be certain to hold each other together in faith, and prayer, and love.

Shalom, Jack