by gary.pierce | Apr 17, 2026 | Reflections
We have all walked the road to Emmaus. It is the road we take when the “big event” is over and things didn’t turn out the way we planned. For the two disciples in Luke’s Gospel, they were walking away from Jerusalem—away from the site of their...
by gary.pierce | Apr 11, 2026 | Reflections
We often think of the disciples after Easter as heroes of the faith, but the scriptures tell a more human story. One week after the stone was rolled away, we don’t find them shouting from the rooftops; we find them behind locked doors because they were afraid. This is...
by gary.pierce | Mar 25, 2026 | Reflections
The scriptures for this Sunday place us in three distinct locations: a valley filled with bleached, dry bones; a house in Rome struggling with the tension of flesh and spirit; and a tomb in Bethany where a friend has been dead for four days. At first glance, these are...
by gary.pierce | Mar 25, 2026 | Reflections
“I once was lost, but now am found; Was blind, but now I see.” These are perhaps the most famous words in the English hymnody. They were written by John Newton, a man who once captained slave ships—a man who was physically sighted but spiritually blind to...
by gary.pierce | Mar 25, 2026 | Reflections
Everyone knows what it feels like to be thirsty. We know the physical dry mouth, but we also know the deeper, spiritual parching—the sense that we are searching for something to make us feel whole, significant, or “at home.” This Sunday, our scriptures...
by gary.pierce | Mar 25, 2026 | Reflections
We’ve all had those mornings where the alarm goes off, and the first thing we do is shield our eyes. The sunlight streaming through the window feels like an intruder. In that moment, the darkness of our blankets feels safe, warm, and—most importantly—controllable....
