Call to Worship: Come and continue

One: Come, because the firstborn of all creation, through whom and for whom we are created, calls. Many: Come, because the firstborn from the dead, through whom we are reconciled to God, calls. One: God was pleased to dwell in the firstborn; and to reconcile all things on heaven and earth to God's self. Many: …

Made for Good Works

John 3:14-21 Ephesians 2:1-10 Paul is writing to the little group of religious refugees in Ephesus. He says, once -- all of you -- including all of us here at Saint Michael's -- were existing in the course of the world, following the 'aeon' or spirit of the air, the gestalt, or the common way …

Dead to Sin, Alive to God

Genesis 21:8-21 Romans 6:1b-11 In our first reading, Sarah sins and is cruel to Hagar and Ishmael. Abraham weeps, but complies with his wife and sends Hagar and her baby into the wilderness desert with a bit of water. When their water runs out in the desert, Hagar places her baby under a bush and …